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CVE-2012-20005: SocialFit WordPress Plugin 1.2.2 Reflected XSS via popup.php msg Parameter

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-20 · updated 2026-10-27
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

SocialFit plugin for WordPress through 1.2.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject scripts via the unsanitized msg parameter. Attackers can craft GET requests to /wp-content/plugins/socialfit/popup.php with service=googleplus and malicious msg values to execute script and steal session cookies. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

Affected products

• Łukasz Więcek SocialFit: through 1.2.2

References

• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-socialfit-xss.yaml
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/socialfit/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37481
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/socialfit-wordpress-plugin-1.2.2-reflected-xss-via-popup-php-msg-parameter

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