PT-2012-2464 · WordPress+1 · Wordpress+1

Chris K + 3 · Published 2012-01-06 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2012-0287

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions 3.3.x through 3.3.0

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists due to improper handling of the query string in a POST operation by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature when Internet Explorer is used. This allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Recommendations For WordPress versions 3.3.x through 3.3.0, update to version 3.3.1 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0287

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Wordpress

References · 9

• 🔥 http://oldmanlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/wordpress-33-xss-vulnerability.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0287 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0287 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/51237 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1026542 · Note