CVE-2012-4679 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.4% (pctl 83)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/login.php in Newscoop before 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the f_user_name parameter.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 2.35% — more likely to be exploited than 83% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-08-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sourcefabric | newscoop |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | newscoop 3.5.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2012-04-19 |
References
- http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/CS-4184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48769
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52941
- http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/newscoop/latestrelease/1141/Newscoop-355-and-Newscoop-4-RC4-security-releases.htm
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74781
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23084
- http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/CS-4184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48769
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52941
- http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/newscoop/latestrelease/1141/Newscoop-355-and-Newscoop-4-RC4-security-releases.htm
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74781
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23084
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