PT-2012-5299 · Unknown · Bad Behavior

Error · Published 2012-08-13 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-4271

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 Bad Behavior plugin versions prior to 2.0.47 Bad Behavior plugin versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain parameters, including PATH INFO, httpbl key, httpbl maxage, httpbl threat, reverse proxy addresses, or reverse proxy header.

Recommendations For Bad Behavior plugin versions prior to 2.0.47, update to version 2.0.47 or later. For Bad Behavior plugin versions 2.2.x prior to 2.2.5, update to version 2.2.5 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4271

Affected Products

Bad Behavior

References · 6

• 🔥 http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbad-behavior&old=543807&new_path=%2Fbad-behavior&new=543807 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4271 · Security Note
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112619/WordPress-Bad-Behavior-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4271 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53477 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75521 · Note