CVE-2012-6692 (GCVE-0-2012-6692)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-06-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:36
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.
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