CVE-2012-5325

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the scr_do_redirect function in scr.php in the Shortcode Redirect plugin 1.0.01 and earlier for WordPress allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url or (2) sec attributes in a redirect tag.

Published: 2012-10-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5325 is rated Exploit Available (50.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.58%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.47% 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-2012-5325

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5325

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 0.11% 1.58% +1.47%
2 2025-03-30 1.85% 0.11% -1.74%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.85% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5325

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5325

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5325

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cartpauj shortcode-redirect <= 1.0.01 cpe:2.3:a:cartpauj:shortcode-redirect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cartpauj shortcode-redirect 1.0.00 cpe:2.3:a:cartpauj:shortcode-redirect:1.0.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5325

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