CVE-2012-1068

N/A Unknown

Published: February 14, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the rc_ajax function in core.php in the WP-RecentComments plugin before 2.0.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page parameter, related to AJAX paging.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/416723/wp-recentcomments/trunk/core.php?old=316325&old_path=wp-recentcomments%2Ftrunk%2Fcore.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/46141

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recentcomments/changelog/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/75635

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49734

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70003

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/416723/wp-recentcomments/trunk/core.php?old=316325&old_path=wp-recentcomments%2Ftrunk%2Fcore.php