CVE-2012-0287

low
Published 2012-01-06 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.6
VIR risk
2.6

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

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0287

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/wordpress-3-3-1/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.3.1+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.3.1+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.3.1+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed3.3.1+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.3.1+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpresswordpress3.3
windows microsoftinternet_explorer

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.