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CVE-2012-6692

N/A
Published: June 17, 2015 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress Seo

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.

Affected

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

WordPress Seo· Yoast
95%
v ≤ 2.1.1

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (8)

x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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