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CVE-2012-0984 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS before 2.5.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…

published 2014-09-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1007

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS before 2.5.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) to_userid parameter to modules/pm/pmlite.php or the (2) current_file, (3) imgcat_id, or (4) target parameter to class/xoopseditor/tinymce/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-37093)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-37093 XOOPS 2.5.4 - '/tiny_mce/plugins/xoopsimagemanager/xoopsimagebrowser.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-04-18
  • EDB-37092 XOOPS 2.5.4 - '/modules/pm/pmlite.php?to_userid' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-04-18
  • EDB-18753 XOOPS 2.5.4 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-04-19
  • htbridge.com https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_xoops.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111958/XOOPS-2.5.4-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0128.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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