CVE-2012-2580

Postie < 1.5.15 - Cross-Site Scripting via Email From Field

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-2580. PoCs published by loneferret.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in Postie plugin for WordPress by sending a malicious email with an XSS payload in the 'From' field. The payload executes when the email is processed by the plugin.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by loneferret · pythonwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360

This exploit demonstrates a stored XSS vulnerability in Postie plugin for WordPress by sending a malicious email with an XSS payload in the 'From' field. The payload executes when the email is processed by the plugin.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Postie WordPress Plugin 1.4.3
Auth required
Prerequisites: SMTP server access · valid credentials for SMTP server · Postie plugin installed and configured in WordPress
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/84532
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77537
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50207
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54909
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20360

Scores

EPSS 0.0375
EPSS Percentile 88.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (2)
postieplugin/postie 1.4.3
postieplugin/postie < 1.5.14
Published Jun 20, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026