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CVE-2012-1021

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1021 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 4images 1.7.10, specifically within the admin/categories.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by manipulating the cat_parent_id parameter during an addcat action. While the CVSS score is a moderate 4.3, indicating low impact (only integrity is affected), an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite the existence of exploit code, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:4homepages:4images:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-36644 · Jan 31, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 49th 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

osvdb.org / 78711
Exploit
packetstormsecurity.org / files/109290/4images-xss.txt
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/47811
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72924
securityfocus.com / bid/51774
Exploit