CVE-2012-4267 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.6% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in user/register in Sockso 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.56% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-08-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| pu-gh | sockso |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sockso 1.51 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting | 2012-05-12 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49148
- http://smwyg.com/blog/#sockso-persistant-xss-attack
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18868
- https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso/commit/fe2d895ea8eb8b8ccad5a3319f472e45d6ba5136
- https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso/issues/93
- https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso/pull/99/files
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49148
- http://smwyg.com/blog/#sockso-persistant-xss-attack
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18868
- https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso/commit/fe2d895ea8eb8b8ccad5a3319f472e45d6ba5136
- https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso/issues/93
- https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso/pull/99/files
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