CVE-2012-5177

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Welcart plugin before 1.2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5177 is rated Low Risk (28.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5177

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 2025-03-30 2.46% 0.20% -2.26%
2 2025-03-29 0.20% 2.46% +2.26%
3 2025-03-24 — 0.20% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5177

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-2012-5177

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5177

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
welcart welcart_plugin 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
welcart welcart_plugin 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
welcart welcart_plugin 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
welcart welcart_plugin 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5177

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