CVE-2012-6557

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the AboutMe plugin 1.1.1 for Vanilla Forums allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) AboutMe/RealName, (2) AboutMe/Name, (3) AboutMe/Quote, (4) AboutMe/Loc, (5) AboutMe/Emp, (6) AboutMe/JobTit, (7) AboutMe/HS, (8) AboutMe/Col, (9) AboutMe/Bio, (10) AboutMe/Inter, (11) AboutMe/Mus, (12) AboutMe/Gam, (13) AboutMe/Mov, (14) AboutMe/FTV, or (15) AboutMe/Bks parameter to the Edit My Details page. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2012-6557

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2013-05-23T15:55:01

Last Modified Date
2020-06-04T12:57:36

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:a:zodiacdm:aboutme-plugin:1.1.1:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:vanillaforums:vanilla:-:::::::*	0	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.henryhoggard.co.uk/security/183/	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/49207	Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18911	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53631

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6557
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6557

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:29:11				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 18:37:14	2013-05-23T15:55Z	2013-05-23T15:55:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 18:37:14		2020-06-04T12:57:36	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 18:37:14		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated