CVE-2012-0873

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boonex Dolphin before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) explain parameter to explanation.php or the (2) photos_only, (3) online_only, or (4) mode parameters to viewFriends.php.

Published: 2012-02-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0873 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.34%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 8 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-0873

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36853 exploit_db edb 2012-02-21 Exploit-DB ↗
36854 exploit_db edb 2012-02-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0873

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 2026-01-14 8.35% 7.34% -1.01%
2 2025-10-24 9.78% 8.35% -1.44%
3 2025-03-30 9.78%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0873

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-2012-0873

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0873

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boonex dolphin <= 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boonex dolphin 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:boonex:dolphin:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0873

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