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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-1021 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/categories.php in 4images 1.7.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script o…

published 2012-02-08 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1059

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/categories.php in 4images 1.7.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cat_parent_id parameter in an addcat action.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-36644)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36644 4Images 1.7.10 - '/admin/categories.php?cat_parent_id' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-01-31
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51774 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109290/4images-xss.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/78711 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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