CVE-2012-2711

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Taxonomy List module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4 for Drupal allow remote authenticated users with create or edit taxonomy terms permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to taxonomy information.

Published: 2012-06-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2711 is rated Exploit Available (50.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.38% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2711

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2711

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 0.28% 1.66% +1.38%
2 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.28% +0.07%
3 2025-03-29 0.21%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2711

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-2012-2711

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2711

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.0-beta1 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.0-beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.2:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nancy_wichmann taxonomy_list 6.x-1.x-dev cpe:2.3:a:nancy_wichmann:taxonomy_list:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2711

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