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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-4768 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbi…

published 2014-09-04 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4693

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.5%
EPSS 10.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dlsearch parameter to the default URI.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-37787)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-37787 WordPress Plugin Download Monitor - 'dlsearch' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-08-30
  • Nuclei template WordPress Plugin Download Monitor < 3.3.5.9 - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0042.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/116408/wpdownloadmonitor3357-xss.txt 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
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.