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CVE-2012-6312

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—💥 Exploit

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Video Lead Form plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the errMsg parameter in a video-lead-form action to wp-admin/admin.php.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (1)

Video-lead-form — Uk-cookie

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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