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CVE-2012-4263

• 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: yes
• Published: 2012-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/admin/content.php in the Better WP Security (better_wp_security) plugin before 3.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_USER_AGENT header.

Affected products

• Bit51 Better-Wp-Security: through 3.2.4; 0.1-alpha, 0.1-beta, 0.2-beta, 0.3-beta, 0.4-beta, 0.5-beta (+59)

References

• http://bit51.com/software/better-wp-security/changelog/
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112617/WordPress-Better-WP-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&old=542852&new_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&new=542852
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53480
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75523
• http://bit51.com/software/better-wp-security/changelog/
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112617/WordPress-Better-WP-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&old=542852&new_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&new=542852
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53480
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75523

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