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CVE-2012-2237

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2237 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara versions 1.4.x before 1.4.3 and 1.5.x before 1.5.2. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through various input fields, including login forms, links, resource URLs, and user profile display names. The vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.1) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for limited confidentiality and integrity impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5.0, < 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37565 · Aug 2, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 26,209 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.launchpad.net / mahara/+bug/1009774
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / mahara/+bug/1009777
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net / mahara/+bug/1009784
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
mahara.org / interaction/forum/topic.php
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2540
Third Party Advisory