CVE-2007-4212

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Search Module in PHP-Nuke allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a trailing "<" instead of a ">" in (1) the onerror attribute of an IMG element, (2) the onload attribute of an IFRAME element, or (3) redirect users to other sites via the META tag.

Published: 2007-08-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4212 is rated Low Risk (38.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.03%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4212

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 1.03% +0.78%
2 2024-05-04 0.24% 0.25% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4212

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4212

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4212

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpnuke php-nuke 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpnuke php-nuke 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpnuke:php-nuke:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4212

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