CVE-2012-1296

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in apps/admin/handlers/preview.php in Elefant CMS 1.0.x before 1.0.2-Beta and 1.1.x before 1.1.5-Beta allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) title or (2) body parameter to admin/preview.

Published: 2012-08-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1296 is rated Moderate Risk (41.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1296

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 0.52% 1.28% +0.77%
2 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.52% -0.07%
3 2025-03-29 0.58%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1296

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-2012-1296

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-1296

GHSA-qjjq-rcq8-jw6j · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Elefant CMS Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
elefantcms elefantcms <= 1.1.4_beta cpe:2.3:a:elefantcms:elefantcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elefantcms elefantcms 1.1.1_beta cpe:2.3:a:elefantcms:elefantcms:1.1.1_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elefantcms elefantcms 1.1.2_beta cpe:2.3:a:elefantcms:elefantcms:1.1.2_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elefantcms elefantcms 1.1.3_beta cpe:2.3:a:elefantcms:elefantcms:1.1.3_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
elefantcms elefantcms <= 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:elefantcms:elefantcms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1296

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