CVE-2012-6627

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/test_mail.php in the Newsletter Manager plugin 1.0.2 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

Published: 2014-01-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6627 is rated Exploit Available (59.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.65%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.29% 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-2012-6627

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6627

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 0.36% 1.65% +1.29%
2 2025-03-30 4.66% 0.36% -4.31%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.66% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6627

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-2012-6627

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6627

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xyzscripts newsletter_manager <= 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:xyzscripts:newsletter_manager:*:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*
xyzscripts newsletter_manager 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:xyzscripts:newsletter_manager:1.0:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*
xyzscripts newsletter_manager 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:xyzscripts:newsletter_manager:1.0.1:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6627

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