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CVE-2012-5705

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5705 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hotblocks module for Drupal, specifically affecting versions 6.x-1.x prior to 6.x-1.8. This flaw allows authenticated users with "administer hotblocks" permissions to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the "block names" field on the settings page. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity with potential for partial integrity impact, and requires user authentication and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.x-1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 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/1732828
Patch
drupal.org / node/1732946
Vendor Advisory
madirish.net / 543
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1