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CVE-2012-2399
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE…
High10.0EPSS 8.9%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1 and earlier, and other products allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the buttonText parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3414.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (15)
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/swfupload/swfupload.swf?rev=20503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- wordpress-swfupload-unspecified(75210) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 81459 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 49138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122399/tinymce11-xss.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 91134 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-2470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120746/SWFUpload-Content-Spoofing-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130718 Re: Re: SWFUpload <= (Object Injection/CSRF) Vulnerabilities Multiple flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVNDB-2012-002110 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- JVN#25280162 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- 20130310 CS and XSS vulnerabilities in SWFUpload (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .