CVE-2012-0287

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-01-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-comments-post.php in WordPress 3.3.x before 3.3.1, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string in a POST operation that is not properly handled by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature.

Affected products

WordPress: 3.3

References

http://oldmanlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/wordpress-33-xss-vulnerability.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026542
https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/
http://oldmanlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/wordpress-33-xss-vulnerability.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026542
https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/

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