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CVE-2012-5538

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5538 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FileField Sources module for Drupal, affecting versions 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.6. This flaw allows authenticated users to inject malicious web scripts or HTML by uploading a file with a specially crafted filename, provided the "Reference existing" source is enabled for the field. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low impact (partial integrity) and high attack complexity, requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 37th 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

drupal.org / node/1789300
Patch
drupal.org / node/1789302
Patch
drupal.org / node/1789306
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4