CVE-2012-4271

Mark Jaquith Bad Behavior < 2.0.46 - XSS

Title source: rule

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bad-behavior-wordpress-admin.php in the Bad Behavior plugin before 2.0.47 and 2.2.x before 2.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) httpbl_key, (3) httpbl_maxage, (4) httpbl_threat, (5) reverse_proxy_addresses, or (6) reverse_proxy_header parameter.

References (4)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112619/WordPress-Bad-Behavior-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

[Exploit, Patch] http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbad-behavior&old=543807&new_path=%2Fbad-behavior&new=543807

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53477

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75521

Scores

EPSS 0.0020

EPSS Percentile 41.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (8)

mark_jaquith/bad_behavior < 2.0.46

mark_jaquith/bad_behavior

mark_jaquith/bad_behavior

mark_jaquith/bad_behavior

mark_jaquith/bad_behavior

mark_jaquith/bad_behavior

wordpress/wordpress

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Aug 13, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026