CVE-2012-6555

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LatestComment plugin 1.1 for Vanilla Forums allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the discussion title.

Published: 2013-05-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6555 is rated Exploit Available (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6555

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18908 exploit_db edb 2012-05-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6555

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 0.52% 0.34% -0.18%
2 2025-03-29 0.34% 0.52% +0.18%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6555

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-2012-6555

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6555

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vanillaforums latestcomment 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:vanillaforums:latestcomment:1.1:*:*:*:*:vanilla:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6555

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/49249 Vendor Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18908 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.henryhoggard.co.uk/security/191/ Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53633 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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