CVE-2012-2401

Plupload before 1.5.4, as used in wp-includes/js/plupload/ in WordPress before 3.3.2 and other products, enables scripting regardless of the domain from which the SWF content was loaded, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted content.

Published: 2012-04-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2401 is rated Moderate Risk (56.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.32%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2401

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.04% 5.32% +4.29%
2 2026-03-04 5.14% 1.04% -4.10%
3 2026-03-01 — 5.14% —

Full EPSS history (36 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2401

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2401

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2401

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2401 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2401
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2401 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 16 status rows across 16 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, ignored 5, DNE 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2401

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2401

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
moxiecode plupload <= 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.5.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
moxiecode plupload 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:moxiecode:plupload:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress <= 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 0.71 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.7 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 2.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2401

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