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CVE-2012-4271

N/A
Published: August 13, 2012 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsWordPressBad Behavior

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bad-behavior-wordpress-admin.php in the Bad Behavior plugin before 2.0.47 and 2.2.x before 2.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) httpbl_key, (3) httpbl_maxage, (4) httpbl_threat, (5) reverse_proxy_addresses, or (6) reverse_proxy_header parameter.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112619/WordPress-Bad-Behavior-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbad-behavior&old=543807&new_path=%2Fbad-behavior&new=543807
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53477
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75521

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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