CVE-2012-2401

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Plupload before 1.5.4, as used in wp-includes/js/plupload/ in WordPress before 3.3.2 and other products, enables scripting regardless of the domain from which the SWF content was loaded, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted content.

Affected products

Moxiecode Plupload: through 1.5.3; 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5.0, 1.5.0-beta (+2)
WordPress: through 3.3.1; 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1, 1.2 (+73)

References

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload/changelog.txt?rev=20487
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload?rev=20487
http://osvdb.org/81461
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.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1685
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53192
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75208
https://nealpoole.com/blog/2012/05/xss-and-csrf-via-swf-applets-swfupload-plupload/
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload/changelog.txt?rev=20487
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload?rev=20487

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