CVE-2012-1915 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in EllisLab CodeIgniter version 2.1.2, specifically allowing attackers to bypass the xss_clean() filter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:codeigniter:codeigniter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.