CVE-2012-1068
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1105)
- Published
- February 14, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1105 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- mg12 / wp-recentcomments
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/416723/wp-recentcomments/trunk/core.php?old=316325&old_path=wp-recentcomments%2Ftrunk%2Fcore.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46141(Vendor Advisory)
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-recentcomments/changelog/
- http://www.osvdb.org/75635
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49734
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70003
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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