CVE-2012-0287

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.6 Low

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-01-06

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Wordpress (Wordpress)

References

• 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/