CVE-2012-20005CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2012-20005

Medium · published October 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

SocialFit plugin for WordPress through 1.2.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject scripts via the unsanitized msg parameter. Attackers can craft GET requests to /wp-content/plugins/socialfit/popup.php with service=googleplus and malicious msg values to execute script and steal session cookies. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
5.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
EPSS
0.00211 · 10.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-10-21T01:17Z
References (4)
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-socialfit-xss.yaml · [email protected]https://wordpress.org/plugins/socialfit/ · [email protected]https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37481 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/socialfit-wordpress-plugin-1.2.2-reflected-xss-via-popup-php-msg-parameter · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 03:05Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 20 OCT 20:31Z
    SocialFit WordPress Plugin 1.2.2 Reflected XSS via popup.php msg Parameter
    cvelistv5
  • 20 OCT 20:31Z
    SocialFit WordPress Plugin 1.2.2 Reflected XSS via popup.php msg Parameter
    cvelistv5