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medium 4.3

CVE-2012-5164 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Fork CMS before 3.2.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…

published 2012-09-26 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5087

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Fork CMS before 3.2.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the term parameter to (1) autocomplete.php, (2) search/ajax/autosuggest.php, (3) livesuggest.php, or (4) save.php in frontend/modules/search/ajax.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/641e27bf1e9a7e320d6856399a7c274934bb351e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/03e8f5b53f193a87116b3875eec39769d5c07114 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/pull/247 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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