CVE-2012-1209

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in backend/core/engine/base.php in Fork CMS 3.2.4 and possibly other versions before 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlight parameter.

Published: 2012-02-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1209 is rated Exploit Available (56/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.24%). Core evidence: 2 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-2012-1209

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1209

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 0.29% 1.24% +0.95%
2 2025-03-17 0.20% 0.29% +0.08%
3 2023-03-07 0.20%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1209

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-2012-1209

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-1209

GHSA-v3fg-x8jw-m974 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Fork CMS XSS via Highlight Parameter

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1209

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1209

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