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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-2209 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Piwigo before 2.3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scri…

published 2012-08-14 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2203

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 91%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Piwigo before 2.3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) section parameter in the configuration module, (2) installstatus parameter in the languages_new module, or (3) theme parameter in the theme module.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18782)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18782 piwigo 2.3.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-04-25
  • htbridge.com https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23085 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53245 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0196.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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