{"cve":"CVE-2012-6692","nvd":{"published":"2015-06-17T18:59:00.080","modified":"2026-06-16T23:48:36.653","status":"Modified","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in js/wp-seo-metabox.js in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the post_title parameter to wp-admin/post-new.php, which is not properly handled in the snippet preview functionality.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132294/WordPress-Yoast-2.1.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/40","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75196","http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032580","https://inventropy.us/blog/yoast-seo-plugin-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/"],"products":["yoast:wordpress_seo"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:36:40.444340523+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-6692","score":0.03184,"percentile":0.88078,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}