Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-2401

Title: Wordpress

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-2401.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Apr 21, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-2401: Plupload before 1.5.4, as used in wp-includes/js/plupload/ in WordPress before 3.3.2 and other products, enables scripting regardless of the domain from which the SWF content was loaded, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted content.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload/changelog.txt?rev=20487 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload?rev=20487 http://osvdb.org/81461 http://secunia.com/advisories/49138 http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/ http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470 http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1685 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53192 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75208 https://nealpoole.com/blog/2012/05/xss-and-csrf-via-swf-applets-swfupload-plupload/ http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload/changelog.txt?rev=20487 http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branches/3.3/wp-includes/js/plupload?rev=20487 http://osvdb.org/81461 http://secunia.com/advisories/49138 http://wordpress.org/news/2012/04/wordpress-3-3-2/ http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470 http://www.plupload.com/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=1685 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53192 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75208 https://nealpoole.com/blog/2012/05/xss-and-csrf-via-swf-applets-swfupload-plupload/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-2401 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 21, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.