CVE-2012-4268

N/A Unknown

Published: August 13, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bulletproof-security/admin/options.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .47.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING header.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112618/WordPress-BulletProof-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbulletproof-security&old=543044&new_path=%2Fbulletproof-security&new=543044

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/changelog/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53478

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75522

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112618/WordPress-BulletProof-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html