CVE-2012-1469

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allow remote attackers and remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) editor or (2) callback parameters to lib/pkp/lib/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/ibrowser/ibrowser.php in the iBrowser plugin, (3) authors[][url] parameter to index.php, or (4) Bio Statement or (5) Abstract of Submission fields to the stripUnsafeHtml function in lib/pkp/classes/core/String.inc.php.

Published: 2012-09-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1469 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 24.77%, 96th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2012-1469

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36999 exploit_db edb 2012-03-21 Exploit-DB ↗
37000 exploit_db edb 2012-03-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1469

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 2026-05-08 33.03% 24.77% -8.26%
2 2026-03-13 16.27% 33.03% +16.76%
3 2025-07-01 — 16.27% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1469

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-2012-1469

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1469

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1469 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ojs), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): DNE 5, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1469

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1469

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pkp open_journal_systems <= 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:pkp:open_journal_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1469

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