Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3952

Title: Phplist Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-3952

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Aug 12, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 2.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3952: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unconfirmed parameter to the user page.

Impacted Vendors

phplist 1

paul_beaney 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0059.html http://osvdb.org/84482 http://secunia.com/advisories/50150 http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54887 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77526 https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23100 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0059.html http://osvdb.org/84482 http://secunia.com/advisories/50150 http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54887 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77526 https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23100

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3952 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37590

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.