CVE-2012-6692
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
70.0%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| yoast:wordpress_seo | yoast wordpress seo | le | 2.1.1 |
References
packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40
www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/
wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/
wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability
yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
70.0%