CVE-2012-5325

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the scr_do_redirect function in scr.php in the Shortcode Redirect plugin 1.0.01 and earlier for WordPress allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url or (2) sec attributes in a redirect tag.

Affected products

cartpauj Shortcode-Redirect: through 1.0.01; 1.0.00

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108914/wpshortcoderedirect-xss.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51626
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72620
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108914/wpshortcoderedirect-xss.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51626
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72620

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