CVE-2012-2580

Postie < 1.4.10 - Cross-Site Scripting

highImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

7.2

CVSS Score

7.2

CVSS Score

high

Severity

1.4.10

Patched in

4185d

Time to patch

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin before 1.4.10 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field of an email. A partial fix was deployed in version 1.4.4 but this was easily bypassed.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.4.9

PublishedAugust 8, 2012

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginpostie

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/67176209-443c-4f66-b5a8-1dde2f7f0837?source=api-prod

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