CVE-2012-2916

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-05-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in sabre_class_admin.php in the SABRE plugin before 2.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the active_option parameter to wp-admin/tools.php.

Affected products

Dlo Simple Anti Bot Registration Engine Plugin: through 1.2.0; 0.1.1, 0.2.1, 0.2.2, 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (+15)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112692/WordPress-SABRE-1.2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fsabre&old=534490&new_path=%2Fsabre&new=534490
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sabre/changelog/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75615
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112692/WordPress-SABRE-1.2.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fsabre&old=534490&new_path=%2Fsabre&new=534490
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sabre/changelog/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75615

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