CVE-2012-6517

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DiY-CMS 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) question parameter to in /modules/poll/add.php or (2) question or (3) answer parameter to modules/poll/edit.php.

Published: 2013-01-24 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6517 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.18%, 91th percentile). 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6517

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6517

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 2026-02-09 5.94% 7.18% +1.24%
2 2025-03-30 6.12% 5.94% -0.19%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.12% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6517

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-2012-6517

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6517

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
diy-cms diy-cms 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:diy-cms:diy-cms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6517

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