CVE-2012-2712

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Search API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.1 for Drupal, when supporting manual entry of field identifiers, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to thrown exceptions and logging errors.

Published: 2012-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2712 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2712

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2712

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 2026-03-02 0.57% 0.53% -0.04%
2 2025-03-30 0.45% 0.57% +0.11%
3 2025-03-29 0.45%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2712

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2712

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2712

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2712

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