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CVE-2012-1912 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preferences.php in PHP Address Book 7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…

published 2012-09-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1921

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.4%
EPSS 2.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preferences.php in PHP Address Book 7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the from parameter. NOTE: the index.php vector is already covered by CVE-2008-2566.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18578)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18578 PHP Address Book 6.2.12 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-03-10
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53598 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52396 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • darksecurity.de http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-007.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • darksecurity.de http://www.darksecurity.de/index.php?/215-SSCHADV2012-013-PHP-Address-Book-7.0.0-Multiple-security-vulnerabilities.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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