CVE-2012-4234

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the group moderation screen in the control center (control.php) in Phorum before 5.2.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the group parameter.

Published: 2014-09-04 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4234 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.64%, 92th percentile). 5 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-2012-4234

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37683 exploit_db edb 2012-08-29 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4234

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 2026-04-20 8.80% 7.64% -1.16%
2 2026-03-27 7.92% 8.80% +0.88%
3 2026-03-06 — 7.92% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4234

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-2012-4234

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4234

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phorum phorum <= 5.2.18 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.12:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.14 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.15 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.15:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
phorum phorum 5.2.16 cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4234

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