CVE-2012-3414

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFUpload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.3.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the movieName parameter, related to the "ExternalInterface.call" function.

Published: 2013-07-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3414 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.09%, 95th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-3414

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37470 exploit_db edb 2012-06-29 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3414

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 6.26% 9.09% +2.83%
2 2025-12-28 6.66% 6.26% -0.40%
3 2025-12-27 — 6.66% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3414

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-3414

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-3414

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-3414 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-2012-3414
ubuntu low CVE-2012-3414 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjs-swfupload), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): DNE 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3414

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3414

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
swfupload_project swfupload <= 2.2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:swfupload_project:swfupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
swfupload_project swfupload 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:swfupload_project:swfupload:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
swfupload_project swfupload 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:swfupload_project:swfupload:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
swfupload_project swfupload 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:swfupload_project:swfupload:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
swfupload_project swfupload 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:swfupload_project:swfupload:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tinymce image_manager 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:tinymce:image_manager:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress <= 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress — cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpress wordpress 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3414

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