CVE-2012-2399: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1 and earlier, and other products allows remote a

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1 and earlier, and other products allows remote a

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
<=3.3.1 or =0.71 or =1.0 or =1.0.1 or =1.0.2 or =1.1.1 or =1.2 or =1.2.1 or =1.2.2 or =1.2.3 or =1.2.4 or =1.2.5 or =1.3 or =1.3.2 or =1.3.3 or =1.5 or =1.5.1 or =1.5.1.1 or =1.5.1.2 or =1.5.1.3 or =1.5.2 or =2.0 or =2.0.1 or =2.0.2 or =2.0.4 or =2.0.5 or =2.0.6 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.8 or =2.0.9 or =2.0.10 or =2.0.11 or =2.1 or =2.1.1 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.3 or =2.2 or =2.2.1 or =2.2.2 or =2.2.3 or =2.3 or =2.3.1 or =2.3.2 or =2.3.3 or =2.5 or =2.5.1 or =2.6 or =2.6.1 or =2.6.2 or =2.6.3 or =2.6.5 or =2.7 or =2.7.1 or =2.8 or =2.8.1 or =2.8.2 or =2.8.3 or =2.8.4 or =2.8.5 or =2.8.5.1 or =2.8.5.2 or =2.8.6 or =2.9 or =2.9.1 or =2.9.1.1 or =2.9.2 or =3.0 or =3.0.1 or =3.0.2 or =3.0.3 or =3.0.4 or =3.0.5 or =3.0.6 or =3.1 or =3.1.1 or =3.1.2 or =3.1.3 or =3.3
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 10.0
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 9% (95.1th percentile)
Published
2012-04-21
Source
nvd

References

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