PT-2012-4016 · WordPress · Wordpress

Jon Cave · Published 2012-04-21 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2012-2403

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 3.3.2

Description The issue makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors, due to an attempt to enable clickable links inside attributes in the wp-includes/formatting.php file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.3.2, update to version 3.3.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2403

DSA-2470-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 15

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2403 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2403 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2403 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2403 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/formatting.php · Note
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/capabilities.php · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75206 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53192 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2403 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49138 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48957 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75093 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/81463 · Note