CVE-2012-6692

Yoast SEO <= 2.1.1 - Cross Site Scripting via post_title parameter

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de XSS en js/wp-seo-metabox.js en el plugin WordPress SEO by Yoast anterior a 2.2 para WordPress permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a través del parámetro post_title en wp-admin/post-new.php, lo cual no se maneja correctamente en la funcionalidad de la previsualización de recortes (snippets).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-10-31 CVE Published
2015-06-17 CVE Reserved
2024-02-22 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580	Vdb Entry
https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-06
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40	2024-08-06
https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability	2024-08-06
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog	2016-11-28

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Yoast Search vendor "Yoast"		Wordpress Seo Search vendor "Yoast" for product "Wordpress Seo"				<= 2.1.1 Search vendor "Yoast" for product "Wordpress Seo" and version " <= 2.1.1"		wordpress		Affected