CVE-2012-2403

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% 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-79

Description

wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.3.2 attempts to enable clickable links inside attributes, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

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/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/capabilities.php
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/formatting.php
http://osvdb.org/81463
http://secunia.com/advisories/48957
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.securityfocus.com/bid/53192
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75093
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75206
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/capabilities.php
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/20493/branches/3.3/wp-includes/formatting.php

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