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CVE-2012-2580

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-06-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin 1.4.3, and possibly before 1.5.15, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field of an email.

Affected products

• Postieplugin Postie: through 1.5.14; 1.4.3

References

• http://osvdb.org/84532
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50207
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54909
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77537
• http://osvdb.org/84532
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50207
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54909
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77537

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