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CVE-2012-5228

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in phplist 2.10.9, 2.10.17, and possibly other versions befo

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in phplist 2.10.9, 2.10.17, and possibly other versions before 2.10.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the testtarget parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.06718
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
tincan phplist<= 2.10.18
tincan phplistall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
webappsphpList 2.10.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / Cross-Site Scriptingverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 18419www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD01 Oct 2012 · 08:55 PM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/78548
http://secunia.com/advisories/47727Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51681
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72747
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