CVE-2012-0287 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-comments-post.php in WordPress 3.3.x before 3.3.1, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string in a POST operation that is not properly handled by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature.

Published: 2012-01-06

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-0323	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-comments-post.php in WordPress 3.3.x before 3.3.1, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string in a POST operation that is not properly handled by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00601.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://oldmanlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/wordpress-33-xss-vulnerability.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026542
https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Wordpress Wordpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-01-06T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:23:29.321Z

Reserved: 2012-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0287

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-01-06T04:01:26.483

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-0287

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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