CVE-2012-0287
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wp-comments-post.php in WordPress 3.3.x before 3.3.1, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string in a POST operation that is not properly handled by the "Duplicate comment detected" feature.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | 3.3 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | | |
References
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.