CVE-2012-4496 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Custom Publishing Options module for Drupal, specifically versions 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4. This flaw allows remote authenticated users with "administer nodes" permission to inject malicious web script or HTML through the status labels parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity. Exploitation requires user authentication (Au:S) and high attack complexity (AC:H), with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise (I:P) but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inclind:custom_pub:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inclind:custom_pub:6.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inclind:custom_pub:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inclind:custom_pub:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:inclind:custom_pub:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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