CVE-2012-6633
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/default-filters.php in WordPress before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an editable slug field.
02 Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-includes/default-filters.php in WordPress before 3.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an editable slug field.
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
- 1.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.3% 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
- 2014-01-21 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-20
- 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
- 01633c0c093cec7872a2460ab02396b753cb2b915a15217809a144e7d7bbdb49
05 Affected products
06 References
- core.trac.wordpress.orghttps://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/21083
- codex.wordpress.orghttp://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.3.3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 3.4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 3.4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 3.4+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.