CVE-2012-2404 — Cross-site Scripting in Wordpress

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting6 documents5 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.3%
top 15.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedApr 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

wp-comments-post.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 supports offsite redirects, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 3.3.2+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 3.3.2+dfsg-1+3
▶NVDwordpress/wordpress3.3.1+77

Patches

Patch: wordpress.org ↗Patch: wordpress.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-grx2-xpgf-hf3r: wp-comments-post↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-2404: wp-comments-post↗2012-04-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-2404: wordpress - wp-comments-post.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 supports offsite redirects, which...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2399 CVE-2012-2400 CVE-2012-2402 CVE-2012-2403 CVE-2012-2404 wordpress various flaws [epel-5]↗2012-04-23
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2404 wordpress (X < v3.3.2): XSS in redirects after posting comments, and when filtering URLs↗2012-04-23
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