CVE-2012-4541

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Piwik before 1.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-11-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4541 is rated Low Risk (33.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4541

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 2025-03-17 0.19% 0.25% +0.06%
2 2024-09-17 0.12% 0.19% +0.07%
3 2024-02-08 0.12%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4541

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-2012-4541

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4541

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-4541 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (matomo), 2 status rows across 2 suites (sid, trixie): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4541

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4541

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
matomo matomo <= 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
matomo matomo 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4541

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