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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-4246 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lists/admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allow remote attackers to inject arb…

published 2012-08-12 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4190

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lists/admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) page parameter; or the (2) footer, (3) status, or (4) testtarget parameter in the send page.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18419)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18419 phpList 2.10.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2012-01-26
  • phplist.com http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • httpcs.com https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs24 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • httpcs.com https://www.httpcs.com/advisories referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • httpcs.com https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs23 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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