CVE-2012-1652

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hierarchical Select module 6.x-3.x before 6.x-3.8 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with administer taxonomy permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to "the vocabulary's help text."

Published: 2012-09-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1652 is rated Low Risk (25/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1652

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 0.20% 0.27% +0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.27% 0.20% -0.07%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1652

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1652

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1652

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.0 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.2 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.3 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.4 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.5 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.6 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.7 cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wim_leers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.x cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
wimleers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.0 cpe:2.3:a:wimleers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wimleers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wimleers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wimleers hierarchical_select 6.x-3.x cpe:2.3:a:wimleers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1652

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