CVE-2012-5181

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in concrete5 Japanese 5.5.1 through 5.5.2.1 and concrete5 English 5.5.0 through 5.6.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-12-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5181 is rated Moderate Risk (42.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.43%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5181

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 0.49% 1.43% +0.94%
2 2025-12-28 0.42% 0.49% +0.08%
3 2025-12-27 0.42%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5181

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-2012-5181

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2012-5181

GHSA-x4x9-4c65-73w8 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Concrete5 Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5181

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.0:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.1:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.1:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.2:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.2:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.2.1:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.5.2.1:*:*:ja:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.6.0:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.6.0.1:*:*:en:*:*:*:*
concrete5 concrete5 5.6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:concrete5:concrete5:5.6.0.2:*:*:en:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5181

URL Tags
http://concrete5-japan.org/news/concrete5602ja-release/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN65458431/index.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000113 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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