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Plugin 1 known issue Latest disclosed May 11, 2012

Bad Behavior Vulnerabilities

Review known vulnerability records for the WordPress plugin Bad Behavior (`bad-behavior`), including severity, CVE references, affected versions, and patch status.

Recent tracked CVEs on this page include CVE-2012-4271, so operators can jump from disclosure to patch validation without scanning the full feed first.

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Known Records
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High or Critical
0
Patch Coverage
100%
Last Updated
Jan 22, 2024
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High-Signal Remediation Targets
CVE-2012-4271 Medium
Cross-Site Scripting remediation for Bad Behavior

Affected range: Versions before 2.0.47. Fixed version: 2.0.47.

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Indexed CVEs
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Tracked CVE Issue Type Affected Versions Fixed Version CVSS
CVE-2012-4271
Bad Behavior < 2.0.47 & 2.2.0 - 2.2.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
 Cross-Site Scripting Versions before 2.0.47 2.0.47 CVSS 6.1
CVE-2012-4271 Medium 2.0.47
CVE-2012-4271 Bad Behavior Cross-Site Scripting

Bad Behavior < 2.0.47 & 2.2.0 - 2.2.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

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Patch Visibility
1 record include a published patch path, leaving 0 with no listed safe release yet.
Severity Mix
0 critical and 0 high severity findings.
Recent CVEs
CVE-2012-4271
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Known Vulnerabilities

Reports for Bad Behavior

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Plugin Medium Patched: Yes CVE-2012-4271
CVE-2012-4271: Bad Behavior < 2.0.47 & 2.2.0 - 2.2.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bad-behavior-wordpress-admin.php in the Bad Behavior plugin before 2.0.47 and 2.2.x before 2.2.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) PATH_INFO, (2) httpbl_key, (3) httpbl_ma...

Published
May 11, 2012
Patched Release
2.0.47
Affected Versions
Versions before 2.0.47
Next Step
Update to 2.0.47 or newer if supported.
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