CVE-2012-2579

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-2579 · Published 20/06/2014 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2579 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting wp simplemail (wp simplemail project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.7%, higher than 89.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wp simplemail wp_simplemail_project	`= 1.0.6`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the WP SimpleMail plugin 1.0.6 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) To, (2) From, (3) Date, or (4) Subject field of an email.

References

osvdb.org/84534
secunia.com/advisories/50208
exploit-db.com/exploits/20361 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/54905 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77538

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