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CVE-2012-1979

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1979 describes a persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SyndeoCMS versions 3.0.01 and earlier. An authenticated attacker can inject malicious web script or HTML into the 'Email address' field during a user configuration action. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and low impact on integrity, as it requires authentication and only affects data integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.0.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:2.5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:syndeocms:syndeocms:2.5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18686 · Mar 30, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0168 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 1,636 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 / 80746
packetstormsecurity.org / files/111405/SyndeoCMS-3.0.01-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74545
exploit-db.com / exploits/18686
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/52840
webapp-security.com / wp-content/uploads/2012/03/syndeocms_3.0.01-Persistent-XSS.txt
Exploit