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CVE-2012-4226
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Quick Post Widget plugin 1.9.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.0%
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Quick Post Widget plugin 1.9.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Title, (2) Content, or (3) New category field to wordpress/ or (4) query string to wordpress/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% 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 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/115463/WordPress-Quick-Post-Widget-1.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-016.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- wp-quickpostwidget-multiple-xss(77731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 54311 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20120810 WordPress Plugin 'Quick Post Widget' 1.9.1 Multiple Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .