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CVE-2012-4768

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4768 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Download Monitor plugin for WordPress, specifically versions prior to 3.3.5.9. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'dlsearch' parameter. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that requires medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, but not impact availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, indicating its exploitability. Despite this, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mikejolley:download_monitor:3.3.5.7:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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
10.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2012-4768 · Jul 11, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-37787 · Aug 30, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1046 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0042.html
Exploit
osvdb.org / 85319
packetstormsecurity.org / files/116408/wpdownloadmonitor3357-xss.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/50511
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78422
reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk / wordpress-download-monitor-xss.html