CVE-2012-2580

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Published Jun 20, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin 1.4.3, and possibly before 1.5.15, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field of an email.

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie:1.4.3:::::wordpress::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2566	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin 1.4.3, and possibly before 1.5.15, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field of an email.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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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.

Exploit prediction score: 3.7% (3.731% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/84532
http://secunia.com/advisories/50207
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54909
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77537

History

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Subscriptions

Postieplugin Postie

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: certcc
Published: Jun 20, 2014, 2:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 7:34 PM
Reserved: May 9, 2012, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 20, 2014, 2:55 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 PM

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