CVE-2012-6692

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6692
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-17 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-11-28 19:08:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Yoast Wordpress Seo All All All All

References

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