CVE-2012-2371 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in the WP-FaceThumb plugin 0.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pagination_wp_facethumb parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04956.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mnt-tech Subscribe	Wp-facethumb Subscribe
Wordpress Subscribe	Wordpress Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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cpe:2.3:a:mnt-tech:wp-facethumb:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2362	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in the WP-FaceThumb plugin 0.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pagination_wp_facethumb parameter.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112658/WordPress-WP-FaceThumb-Gallery-0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49143
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-facethumb-reflected-xss-vulnerability-cwe-79
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/15/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/16/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53497

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.03206}`	epss `{'score': 0.04079}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-08-13T20:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:07:05.344Z

Reserved: 2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-2371

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-13T20:55:04.740

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2371

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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