CVE-2012-6692
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
17/06/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:yoast:wordpress_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 2.1.1 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
- https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability
- https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
- https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability
- https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/