CVE-2012-6692

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6692
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-17 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Yoast Wordpress Seo All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin <= 2.1.1 Stored, Authenticated XSS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin Input Validation in 'snippet preview' Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
WordPress › WordPress SEO by Yoast « WordPress Plugins af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Patch
WordPress SEO 2.2 • Yoast af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 yoast.com
WordPress › Support » Security issue with post title field (XSS vulnerability) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Exploit
Yoast SEO Plugin Authenticated, Stored XSS Vulnerability - Techiavellian af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 inventropy.us Exploit
WordPress Yoast 2.1.1 Cross Site Scripting ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
WordPress SEO by Yoast Plugin 'post-new.php' script HTML Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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