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CVE-2012-5889

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5889 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the powermail extension for TYPO3, affecting versions prior to 1.6.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with low impact on integrity and no impact on confidentiality or availability, requiring medium attack complexity and no authentication. 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
<= 1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alex_kellner:powermail:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 14th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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: in2code/powermailFixed in: 1.6.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-8cg3-jfjx-3pp2low

powermail extension for TYPO3 has Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74461
typo3.org / teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/typo3-ext-sa-2012-004
PatchVendor Advisory