CVE-2012-2399 describes a critical cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf, affecting SWFupload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, including its use in WordPress prior to version 3.5.2 and TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the buttonText parameter. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.71CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.