CVE-2012-4268

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-4268 · Published 13/08/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4268 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting bulletproof-security (ait-pro).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 81.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
bulletproof-security ait-pro	`≤ .47`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bulletproof-security/admin/options.php in the BulletProof Security plugin before .47.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING header.

References

packetstormsecurity.org/files/112618/WordPress-BulletProof-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · Exploit
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset · Exploit
wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bulletproof-security/changelog
securityfocus.com/bid/53478
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75522

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