Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-4247

Title: Phplist Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-4247

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)
2.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-4247: 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) remote_user, (2) remote_database, (3) remote_userprefix, (4) remote_password, or (5) remote_prefix parameter to the import4 page; or the (6) id parameter to the bouncerule page.

Impacted Vendors

P
phplist 1
P
paul_beaney 1

Reference Links

http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 https://www.httpcs.com/advisories https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs1 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs2 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs3 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs4 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs6 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs7 http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579 https://www.httpcs.com/advisories https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs1 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs2 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs3 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs4 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs6 https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs7
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-2012-4247 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

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

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.