CVE-2012-4226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Quick Post Widget plugin 1.9.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Title, (2) Content, or (3) New category field to wordpress/ or (4) query string to wordpress/.

Published: 2014-09-03

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qpw.famvanakkeren:quick_post_widget:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4170	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Quick Post Widget plugin 1.9.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Title, (2) Content, or (3) New category field to wordpress/ or (4) query string to wordpress/.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02041.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0067.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/115463/WordPress-Quick-Post-Widget-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-016.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54311
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77731

History

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Subscriptions

Qpw.famvanakkeren Quick Post Widget

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-09-03T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:28:07.590Z

Reserved: 2012-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4226

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-09-03T14:55:04.273

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:44:39.920

Link: CVE-2012-4226

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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