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CVE-2012-0988

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0988 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in KnowledgeTree 3.7.0.2 and potentially earlier versions, specifically within the config/dmsDefaults.php file. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to login.php, admin.php, or preferences.php. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, leading to a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV list), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.7.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jam_warehouse:knowledgetree_open_source:3.7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-36543 · Jan 11, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0070.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/47531
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72308
htbridge.ch / advisory/multiple_vulnerabilities_in_knowledgetree_community_edition.html
Exploit
knowledgetree.org / Security_advisory:_URL_Manipulation
securityfocus.com / bid/51373
Exploit