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CVE-2012-5856

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Uk Cookie (aka uk-cookie) plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• Uk-Cookie Project Uk-Cookie: all versions

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118053/WordPress-UK-Cookie-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56509
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80047
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/118053/WordPress-UK-Cookie-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56509
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80047

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