CVE-2012-6692

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

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

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.2

Patched in

4101d

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.1.1

PublishedOctober 31, 2012

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwordpress-seo

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4187f559-87ba-46ab-9b45-7a36dd98d71d?source=api-prod

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