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title: "CVE-2012-2399\n | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2399
Publication date 21 April 2012
Last updated 24 July 2024
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Ubuntu priority
**Medium**
[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )
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## Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swfupload.swf in SWFupload
2.2.0.1 and earlier, as used in WordPress before 3.5.2, TinyMCE Image
Manager 1.1 and earlier, and other products allows remote attackers to
inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the buttonText parameter, a
different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3414.
## Status
Show unmaintained releases
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
## References
* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2399)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2399)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2399)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2399)
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