CVE-2012-3997

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sticky Notes before 0.2.27052012.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) paste_user or (2) paste_lang parameter to (a) list.php or (b) show.php.

Published: 2012-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3997 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.88%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.63% 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-2012-3997

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3997

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 0.26% 1.88% +1.63%
2 2025-03-30 0.22% 0.26% +0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3997

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-2012-3997

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3997

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sayakbanerjee sticky_notes 0.2.27052012.5 cpe:2.3:a:sayakbanerjee:sticky_notes:0.2.27052012.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3997

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