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CVE-2012-1912

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1912 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP Address Book versions 7.0 and earlier, specifically within the preferences.php file. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by injecting malicious web script or HTML via the 'from' parameter. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, though it does not impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability directly. While there is an ExploitDB entry for multiple vulnerabilities in an older version, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion for this specific CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chatelao:php_address_book:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chatelao:php_address_book:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chatelao:php_address_book:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chatelao:php_address_book:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:chatelao:php_address_book:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18578 · Mar 10, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

secunia.com / advisories/42781
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49212
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73944
sourceforge.net / tracker
sourceforge.net / tracker
sourceforge.net / tracker
darksecurity.de / advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-007.txt
Exploit
darksecurity.de / index.php
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/18578
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/52396
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/53598
Exploit