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CVE-2012-6692
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo-2-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/changelog/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/security-issue-with-post-title-field-xss-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1032580 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 75196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20150613 Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin <= 2.1.1 Stored, Authenticated XSS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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