Cross-site scripting in WordPress - CVE-2012-2399
Published: April 22, 2012 / Updated: November 1, 2020
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in swfupload.swf in SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1 and earlier, and other products when processing buttonText parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3414. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
Fedora
wordpress
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2399
External References
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/swfupload/swfupload.swf?rev=20503
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN25280162/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-002110
- http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/
- http://osvdb.org/81459
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/120746/SWFUpload-Content-Spoofing-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122399/tinymce11-xss.txt
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49138
- http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/18/13
- http://www.osvdb.org/91134
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53192
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75210