CVE-2012-0287 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress 3.3.x before 3.3.1, specifically affecting users browsing with Internet Explorer. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML via the query string during a POST operation, which is then improperly handled by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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.