CVE-2012-6692

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-6692
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2015-06-17T18:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-11-28T19:08:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:yoast:wordpress_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 2.1.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40 Exploit
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/ Patch
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html Exploit
https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/ Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6692
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6692
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:06:30 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 05:07:48 2015-06-17T18:59Z 2015-06-17T18:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 05:07:48 2016-11-28T19:08:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 05:07:48 Modified Vulnerability Status updated