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CVE-2012-0287

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-comments-post.php in WordPress 3.3.x before 3.3.1, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string in a POST operation that is not properly handled by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature.

Published

2012-01-06T04:01:26.483

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.3	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	*	No

References

http://oldmanlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/wordpress-33-xss-vulnerability.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51237 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026542 ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://oldmanlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/wordpress-33-xss-vulnerability.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51237 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026542 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)