CVE-2012-0287

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Published Jan 6, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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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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

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.481% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:23 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 6, 2012, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 6:23 PM
Reserved: Jan 3, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:37 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 6, 2012, 4:01 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:37 PM

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