CVE-2012-5538

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FileField Sources module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.6 for Drupal, when the field has "Reference existing" source enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an uploaded file.

Published: 2012-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5538 is rated Low Risk (22.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5538

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 0.10% 0.20% +0.10%
2 2023-03-07 1.13% 0.10% -1.03%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.13% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5538

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5538

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5538

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.4 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.5 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 6.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 7.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 7.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 7.x-1.4 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 7.x-1.5 cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nathan_haug filefield_sources 7.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5538

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