CVE-2012-5164

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Fork CMS before 3.2.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the term parameter to (1) autocomplete.php, (2) search/ajax/autosuggest.php, (3) livesuggest.php, or (4) save.php in frontend/modules/search/ajax.

Published: 2012-09-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5164 is rated Exploit Available (55.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.22%). Core evidence: 3 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-2012-5164

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5164

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 0.45% 1.22% +0.77%
2 2025-03-30 0.30% 0.45% +0.15%
3 2025-03-29 0.30%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5164

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-2012-5164

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5164

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fork-cms fork_cms <= 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 2.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fork-cms fork_cms 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5164

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