CVE-2012-3414

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-07-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFUpload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.3.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the movieName parameter, related to the "ExternalInterface.call" function.

Affected products

swfupload wordpress plugin: through 2.2.0.1; 1.0.2, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
tinymce Image Manager: 1.1
WordPress: through 3.3.1; 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5 (+9)

References

http://bot24.blogspot.ca/2013/04/swfupload-object-injectioncsrf.html
http://code.google.com/p/swfupload/issues/detail?id=376
http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122399/TinyMCE-Image-Manager-1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/16/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/17/12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54245
https://nealpoole.com/blog/2012/05/xss-and-csrf-via-swf-applets-swfupload-plupload/
http://bot24.blogspot.ca/2013/04/swfupload-object-injectioncsrf.html
http://code.google.com/p/swfupload/issues/detail?id=376
http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/06/21/secure-swfupload/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/122399/TinyMCE-Image-Manager-1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

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