FKIE_CVE-2012-4271

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-13 22:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:44
Severity
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bad-behavior-wordpress-admin.php in the Bad Behavior plugin before 2.0.47 and 2.2.x before 2.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) httpbl_key, (3) httpbl_maxage, (4) httpbl_threat, (5) reverse_proxy_addresses, or (6) reverse_proxy_header parameter.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112619/WordPress-Bad-Behavior-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbad-behavior&old=543807&new_path=%2Fbad-behavior&new=543807Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53477
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75521
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112619/WordPress-Bad-Behavior-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbad-behavior&old=543807&new_path=%2Fbad-behavior&new=543807Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53477
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75521
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mark_jaquith bad_behavior *
mark_jaquith bad_behavior 2.2.0
mark_jaquith bad_behavior 2.2.1
mark_jaquith bad_behavior 2.2.2
mark_jaquith bad_behavior 2.2.3
mark_jaquith bad_behavior 2.2.4
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