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CVE-2012-4267

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4267 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Sockso versions 1.5 and earlier, specifically within the user/register component. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter, leading to client-side script execution. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial impact on integrity, but no impact on confidentiality or availability. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code exists on ExploitDB (EDB-18868), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pu-gh:sockso:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pu-gh:sockso:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pu-gh:sockso:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pu-gh:sockso:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pu-gh:sockso:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18868 · May 12, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0356 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/49148
Vendor Advisory
github.com / rodnaph/sockso/commit/fe2d895ea8eb8b8ccad5a3319f472e45d6ba5136
ExploitPatch
github.com / rodnaph/sockso/issues/93
github.com / rodnaph/sockso/pull/99/files
ExploitPatch
smwyg.com / blog
ExploitURL Repurposed
exploit-db.com / exploits/18868
Exploit