CVE-2012-4264 [Medium] | XSS in Better-Wp-Security

CVE-2012-4264 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-30	2.04%	0.17%	-1.86%
2	2025-03-29	0.17%	2.04%	+1.86%
3	2025-03-24	—	0.17%	—

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2025-03-30

2.04%

0.17%

-1.86%

2025-03-29

0.17%

2.04%

+1.86%

2025-03-24

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0.17%

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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]

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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]

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4264

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
bit51	better-wp-security	<= 3.2.4	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security::::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha1::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha10::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha11::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha2::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha3::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha4::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha5::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha6::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha7::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha8::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	—	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:-:alpha9::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.1:alpha::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.1:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.2	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.2:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.3	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.3:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.4	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.4:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.5	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.5:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.6	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.6:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.7	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.7:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.8	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.8:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.9	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.9:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.10	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.10:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.11	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.11:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.13	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.13:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.14	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.14:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.15	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.15:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	0.16	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:0.16:beta::::::
bit51	better-wp-security	1.0	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.0:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.1:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.2	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.2:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.3	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.3:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.4	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.4:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.5	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.5:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.6	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.6:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.7	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.7:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.8	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.8:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.8.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.8.1:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	1.9	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:1.9:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.0	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.0:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.1:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.2	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.2:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.3	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.3:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.4	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.4:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.5	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.5:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.6	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.6:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.7	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.7:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.8	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.8:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.9	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.9:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.10	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.10:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.11	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.11:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.12	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.12:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.13	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.13:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.14	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.14:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.15	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.15:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.16	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.16:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.17	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.17:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	2.18	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:2.18:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.1:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.2	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.2:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.3	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.3:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.4	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.4:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.5	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.5:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.6	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.6:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.7	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.7:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.8	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.8:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.9	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.9:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.10	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.10:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.11	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.11:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.0.12	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.0.12:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.1:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.2	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.2:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.2.1	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.2.1:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.2.2	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.2.2:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.2.3	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.2.3:::::::*
bit51	better-wp-security	3.2.5	cpe:2.3:a:bit51:better-wp-security:3.2.5:::::::*

References for CVE-2012-4264

URL	Tags
http://bit51.com/software/better-wp-security/changelog/
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&old=542852&new_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&new=542852	Exploit Patch

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CVE-2012-4264

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4264

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4264

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4264

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4264

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4264

References for CVE-2012-4264