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CVE-2012-3522

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3522 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the contrib/langwiz.php component of GeSHi versions prior to 1.0.8.11, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 33rd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: geshi/geshiFixed in: 1.0.8.11

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-f3f3-5q5j-6v47medium

GeSHi vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

May 17, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105247.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105273.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105317.html
sourceforge.net / p/geshi/code/2508
ExploitPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/11