CVE-2012-2759

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login-with-ajax.php in the Login With Ajax (aka login-with-ajax) plugin before 3.0.4.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the callback parameter in a lostpassword action to wp-login.php.

Affected products

netweblogic Login With Ajax: through 3.0.4; 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5 (+7)

References

http://osvdb.org/81712
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/541069
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog/
http://www.secureworks.com/research/advisories/SWRX-2012-003/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53423
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75470
http://osvdb.org/81712
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/541069
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog/
http://www.secureworks.com/research/advisories/SWRX-2012-003/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53423
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75470

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