FKIE_CVE-2012-6692

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2015-06-17 18:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
cve@mitre.orghttps://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerabilityExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerabilityExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
yoast wordpress_seo *
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de XSS en js/wp-seo-metabox.js en el plugin WordPress SEO by Yoast anterior a 2.2 para WordPress permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web arbitrarios o HTML a trav\u00e9s del par\u00e1metro post_title en wp-admin/post-new.php, lo cual no se maneja correctamente en la funcionalidad de la previsualizaci\u00f3n de recortes (snippets)."
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837",
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