CVE-2012-6623

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: none known
Published: 2014-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in fs-admin/wpf-add-forum.php in the ForumPress WP Forum Server plugin before 1.7.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the groupid parameter in an addforum action to wp-admin/admin.php.

Affected products

Vasthtml Forumpress: through 1.7.4; 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (+15)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112703/WordPress-WP-Forum-Server-1.7.3-SQL-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49167
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-server/changelog/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/572188
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112703/WordPress-WP-Forum-Server-1.7.3-SQL-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49167
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forum-server/changelog/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/572188

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