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CVE-2012-2759

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2759 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Login With Ajax plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions prior to 3.0.4.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'callback' parameter during a 'lostpassword' action to wp-login.php. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit over the network, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacts data integrity through unauthorized script execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netweblogic:login_with_ajax:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netweblogic:login_with_ajax:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netweblogic:login_with_ajax:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netweblogic:login_with_ajax:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netweblogic:login_with_ajax:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0215 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 81712
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/541069
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75470
wordpress.org / extend/plugins/login-with-ajax/changelog
secureworks.com / research/advisories/SWRX-2012-003
securityfocus.com / bid/53423