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CVE-2012-2401
Plupload before 1.5.4, as used in wp-includes/js/plupload/ in WordPress before 3.3.2 and other products, enables scripting regardless of…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
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- mitre
Description
Plupload before 1.5.4, as used in wp-includes/js/plupload/ in WordPress before 3.3.2 and other products, enables scripting regardless of the domain from which the SWF content was loaded, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted content.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 81461 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 49138 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1685 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload?rev=20487 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- wordpress-plupload-sec-bypass(75208) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-2470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://nealpoole.com/blog/2012/05/xss-and-csrf-via-swf-applets-swfupload-plupload/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload/changelog.txt?rev=20487 (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
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 .