Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4246

Title: Phplist Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-4246

CWE Category CWE-79

Published Date Aug 12, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.86%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4246: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lists/admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) page parameter; or the (2) footer, (3) status, or (4) testtarget parameter in the send page.

Impacted Vendors

phplist 1

paul_beaney 1

Reference Links

http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 https://www.httpcs.com/advisories https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs23 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs24 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs25 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs26 http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 https://www.httpcs.com/advisories https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs23 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs24 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs25 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs26

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-4246 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18419

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.