What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-0872?

CVE-2012-0872 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2012-0872?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2012-0872. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.5%.

Oxwall CVE-2012-0872

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2012-03-19 secalert@redhat.com

XSS Oxwall

4.3

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Mar 19, 2012 - 19:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in OxWall 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) captchaField, (2) email, (3) form_name, (4) password, (5) realname, (6) repeatPassword, or (7) username parameters to Oxwall/join; (8) captcha, (9) email, (10) form_name, (11) from, or (12) subject parameters to Oxwall/contact; (13) tag parameter to Oxwall/blogs/browse-by-tag; or (14) PATH_INFO to Oxwall/photo/viewlist/tagged, (15) Oxwall/photo/viewlist, or (16) Oxwall/video/viewlist.

AnalysisAI

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in OxWall 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) captchaField, (2) email, (3) form_name, (4). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in OxWall 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) captchaField, (2) email, (3) form_name, (4) password, (5) realname, (6) repeatPassword, or (7) username parameters to Oxwall/join; (8) captcha, (9) email, (10) form_name, (11) from, or (12) subject parameters to Oxwall/contact; (13) tag parameter to Oxwall/blogs/browse-by-tag; or (14) PATH_INFO to Oxwall/photo/viewlist/tagged, (15) Oxwall/photo/viewlist, or (16) Oxwall/video/viewlist. Affected products include: Oxwall.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.