CVE-2012-2298

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the RealName module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.5 for Drupal allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) "user names in page titles" and (2) "autocomplete callbacks."

Published: 2012-08-14 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2298 is rated Exploit Available (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.67%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2298

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2298

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 0.52% 0.67% +0.15%
2 2025-03-29 0.67% 0.52% -0.15%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.67% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2298

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-2012-2298

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2298

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
drupal realname 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:drupal:realname:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.4 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann realname 6.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:realname:6.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2298

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