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CVE-2013-0236

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0236 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities affecting WordPress versions prior to 3.5.1. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML, primarily through gallery shortcodes or post content. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure or defacement, though it does not impact confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.0CPE 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 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
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

codex.wordpress.org / Version_3.5.1
core.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/23317
Patch
core.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/23322
ExploitPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
wordpress.org / news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1
Vendor Advisory