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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-2917 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Share and Follow plugin 1.80.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary we…

published 2012-05-21 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2897

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Share and Follow plugin 1.80.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the CDN API Key (cnd-key) in a share-and-follow-menu page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-37202)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-37202 WordPress Plugin Share and Follow 1.80.3 - 'admin.php' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-05-15
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53533 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112691/WordPress-Share-And-Follow-1.80.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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