CVE-2012-2156

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plume CMS 1.2.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the u_email parameter (aka Authors Email field) to manager/users.php, (2) the u_realname parameter (aka Authors Name field) to manager/users.php, or (3) the c_author parameter (aka Author field) in an ADD A COMMENT section.

Published: 2012-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2156 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.81%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.16% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2156

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18699 exploit_db edb 2012-04-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2156

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 1.65% 3.81% +2.16%
2 2026-05-17 2.25% 1.65% -0.60%
3 2026-03-03 — 2.25% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2156

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-2012-2156

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2156

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
plume-cms plume_cms <= 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plume-cms plume_cms 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2156

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