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CVE-2012-1039 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dotclear before 2.4.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…

published 2012-03-19 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1077

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
4
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dotclear before 2.4.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) login_data parameter to admin/auth.php; (2) nb parameter to admin/blogs.php; (3) type, (4) sortby, (5) order, or (6) status parameters to admin/comments.php; or (7) page parameter to admin/plugin.php.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-36891)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-36891 Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/plugin.php?page' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-02-29
  • EDB-36890 Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/comments.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-02-29
  • EDB-36889 Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/blogs.php?nb' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-02-29
  • EDB-36888 Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/auth.php?login_data' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-02-29
  • htbridge.ch https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23074 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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