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CVE-2012-1209

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1209 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Fork CMS versions 3.2.4 and potentially earlier, specifically within the backend/core/engine/base.php component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'highlight' parameter. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium access complexity and could lead to information disclosure or defacement, though it does not impact confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the system itself. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 33rd 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 (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: forkcms/forkcmsFixed in: 3.2.5
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-v3fg-x8jw-m974medium

Fork CMS XSS via Highlight Parameter

May 14, 2022

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73393
github.com / forkcms/forkcms/commit/c8ec9c58a6b3c46cdd924532c1de99bcda6072ed
ExploitPatch
github.com / forkcms/forkcms/commit/df75e0797a6540c4d656969a2e7df7689603b2cf
ExploitPatch
fork-cms.com / blog/detail/fork-cms-3-2-5-released