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CVE-2012-1652

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1652 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hierarchical Select module for Drupal, specifically versions 6.x-3.x before 6.x-3.8. This flaw allows authenticated users with administer taxonomy permissions to inject malicious web script or HTML through unspecified vectors related to a vocabulary's help text. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in only partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.x-3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wim_leers:hierarchical_select:6.x-3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 58th 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

drupalcode.org / project/hierarchical_select.git/commit/be32dceb17d25553e474c295a8c3db69eab95cee
Patch
drupal.org / node/1461318
Patch
drupal.org / node/1461724
Patch
osvdb.org / 79683
secunia.com / advisories/48235
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73611
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/04/07/1
securityfocus.com / bid/52228