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CVE-2012-4268

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

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bulletproof-security/admin/options.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .47.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING header.

Affected products

• Ait-Pro Bulletproof-Security: through .47

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112618/WordPress-BulletProof-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbulletproof-security&old=543044&new_path=%2Fbulletproof-security&new=543044
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/changelog/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53478
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75522
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112618/WordPress-BulletProof-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbulletproof-security&old=543044&new_path=%2Fbulletproof-security&new=543044
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/changelog/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53478
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75522

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