CVE-2012-6692

Published Jun 17, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:yoast:wordpress_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4A5A4DA3-0967-42BC-ADFF-94DEA410CBA7",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.1.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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