CVE-2012-5337

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in jforum.page in JForum 2.1.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) action, (2) match_type, (3) sort_by, or (4) start parameters.

Published: 2013-02-24 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5337 is rated Exploit Available (51.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Core evidence: 2 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-2012-5337

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38334 exploit_db edb 2013-02-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5337

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 2025-03-30 0.24% 0.37% +0.13%
2 2025-03-29 0.37% 0.24% -0.13%
3 2025-03-17 0.37%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5337

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-2012-5337

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5337

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jforum jforum 2.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:jforum:jforum:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5337

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