CVE-2012-6692

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.

Published: 2015-06-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6692 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.21%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.58% 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-2012-6692

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6692

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 0.62% 3.21% +2.58%
2 2026-03-04 0.71% 0.62% -0.08%
3 2026-03-01 — 0.71% —

Full EPSS history (33 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6692

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-2012-6692

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6692

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yoast wordpress_seo <= 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:yoast:wordpress_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6692

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