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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-1208 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in backend/core/engine/base.php in Fork CMS 3.2.4 and possibly other versions before 3.…

published 2012-02-20 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1235

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in backend/core/engine/base.php in Fork CMS 3.2.4 and possibly other versions before 3.2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) report parameter to blog/settings or (2) error parameter to users/index.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18483)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18563 Fork CMS 3.2.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-02-21
  • EDB-18483 Fork CMS 3.2.4 - Local File Inclusion / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-02-12
  • github.com https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/d65c083adc91c88d21bd9a0df4c2688df634c6ff referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/df75e0797a6540c4d656969a2e7df7689603b2cf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/8fa74dd3e2e32723cd121177dce6aeac37e29df6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51972 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109709/Fork-CMS-3.2.4-Cross-Site-Scripting-Local-File-Inclusion.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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