VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-4768

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dlsearch parameter to the default URI.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 10.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS: 10.46% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 August 2012
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-79
Affected: mikejolley/download monitor
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 10.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-37787 source ↗	WordPress Plugin Download Monitor - 'dlsearch' Cross-Site Scriptingphp · Chris Cooper	webapps	30 August 2012	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.