{"id":"CVE-2012-6312","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-6312","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:04:29.272Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Video Lead Form plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the errMsg parameter in a video-lead-form action to wp-admin/admin.php.","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Video Lead Form plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the errMsg parameter in a video-lead-form action to wp-admin/admin.php.","published":"2012-12-11T12:18:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:48:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["video-lead-form/uk-cookie"],"epss":{"score":0.03221,"percentile":0.88143,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-11-29","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":38066,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Video Lead Form - 'errMsg' Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38066","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/38066.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/38066.txt","published":"2012-11-29","added":"2012-11-29","updated":"2015-09-02","author":"Aditya Balapure","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-6312","OSVDB-88002"],"tags":"WordPress Plugin","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56737/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0060.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-lead-form/changelog/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0060.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-lead-form/changelog/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6312","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}