CVE-2012-2580 (GCVE-0-2012-2580)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-20 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:34
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin 1.4.3, and possibly before 1.5.15, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the From field of an email.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://osvdb.org/84532 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/50207 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54909 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2012-08-08 00:00
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