CVE-2012-2580 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Postie plugin for WordPress, specifically versions 1.4.3 and potentially up to 1.5.15. Attackers can inject malicious web script or HTML through the "From" field of an email processed by the plugin. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, as it allows for client-side script execution. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a FAUCET Risk Score of 65/100, suggesting a moderate risk despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postieplugin:postie:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.