Is CVE-2012-4242 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4242 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4242?

CVE-2012-4242 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-4242

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 9.3%EU EUVD

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the MF Gig Calendar plugin 0.9.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string to the calendar page.

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: 9.3% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-4186)
Published: October 1, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4186 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mf gig calendar project / mf gig calendar
wordpress / wordpress

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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