CVE-2012-1413

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in zc_install/includes/modules/pages/database_setup/header_php.php in Zen Cart 1.5.0 and earlier, when the software is being installed, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the db_username parameter to zc_install/index.php.

Published: 2012-05-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1413 is rated Low Risk (25.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1413

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 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.22% -0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.15% 0.27% +0.11%
3 2024-09-17 0.15%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1413

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1413

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1413

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zen-cart zen_cart cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart <= 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.0d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.1:patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.1_patch1 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.1_patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.1d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.1d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.2d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.2d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.3d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.4d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.5d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.5d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.2.6d cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.2.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.8a cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 1.3.9h cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:1.3.9h:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zen-cart zen_cart 2008 cpe:2.3:a:zen-cart:zen_cart:2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1413

cvelogic Threat Intelligence