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CVE-2012-6623

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6623 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the ForumPress WP Forum Server plugin, specifically in the fs-admin/wpf-add-forum.php file, affecting versions prior to 1.7.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'groupid' parameter during an 'addforum' action to wp-admin/admin.php. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vasthtml:forumpress:*:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vasthtml:forumpress:1.0:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vasthtml:forumpress:1.1:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vasthtml:forumpress:1.2:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vasthtml:forumpress:1.3:-:-:*:-:wordpress:*:*

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
1.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0198 is in the 63rd 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.org / files/112703/WordPress-WP-Forum-Server-1.7.3-SQL-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
secunia.com / advisories/49167
Vendor Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/572188
wordpress.org / extend/plugins/forum-server/changelog
PatchVendor Advisory