CVE-2012-3414

Swfupload vulnerability

CVSS

4.3

EPSS

9.1%

EPSS pct

95th

Exploited

No known

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFUpload 2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.3.2, TinyMCE Image Manager 1.1, and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the movieName parameter, related to the "ExternalInterface.call" function.

Affected vendor

Swfupload Project

Affected product

Swfupload

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Published

2013-07-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 9.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-3414

Confirm whether Swfupload Project Swfupload is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-3414.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2012-3414

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2012-3414 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2012-3414?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2012-3414.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

MEDIUM

CVE-2015-6123

Excel For Mac vulnerability

MEDIUM

CVE-2015-7830

Solaris vulnerability

MEDIUM

CVE-2015-8215

Linux Kernel vulnerability