CVE-2012-2403
wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 attempts to enable clickable links inside attributes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via
02 Description
wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 attempts to enable clickable links inside attributes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-04-21 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5980618d3cf44b4b02dae4f4a7f04cf7d20a0224f9885d6a7ac380da2327ef9e
05 Affected products
06 References
- osvdb.org81463http://osvdb.org/81463
- secunia.com49138http://secunia.com/advisories/49138
- secunia.com48957http://secunia.com/advisories/48957
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordpress-formatting-xss(75206)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75206
- www.debian.orgDSA-2470http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470
- core.trac.wordpress.orghttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/capabilities.php
- core.trac.wordpress.orghttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/formatting.php
- www.securityfocus.com53192http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53192
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordpress-url-xss(75093)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75093
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 3.3.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 3.3.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 3.3.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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