CVE-2012-0782

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    CVE-2012-0782

    Published: 30 Jan 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) dbhost, (2) dbname, or (3) uname parameter. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; also, it is unclear whether this specific XSS scenario has security relevance

    References: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html, http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417, https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2012-0782 | CVE-DB