Vulnerability CVE-2012-4263
Published: 2012-08-13   Modified: 2012-08-14

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in inc/admin/content.php in the Better WP Security (better_wp_security) plugin before 3.2.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the HTTP_USER_AGENT header.

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Bit51 -> Better-wp-security 

 References:
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&old=542852&new_path=%2Fbetter-wp-security&new=542852
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75523
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53480
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112617/WordPress-Better-WP-Security-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://bit51.com/software/better-wp-security/changelog/
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