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CVE-2001-1212

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1212 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the catgy.cgi script of Aktivate 1.03, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript through the "desc" parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a potential impact on integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aktivate:aktivate:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21187 · Dec 18, 2001
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0762 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

iss.net / security_center/static/7717.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/246274
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/3714