CVE-2012-4263

medium

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/admin/content.php in the Better WP Security (better_wp_security) plugin before 3.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_USER_AGENT header.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75523

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-4207

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53480

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&old=542852&new_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&new=542852

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112617/WordPress-Better-WP-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

http://bit51.com/software/better-wp-security/changelog/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N