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CVE-2012-6692

Published: Jun 17, 2015

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

x_refsource_MISC

https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/

x_refsource_MISC

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability

x_refsource_MISC

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

20150613 Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin <= 2.1.1 Stored, Authenticated XSS

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x_refsource_FULLDISC

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