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CVE-2012-2156

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2156 describes multiple persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plume CMS versions 1.2.4 and earlier. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the u_email and u_realname parameters in manager/users.php, or the c_author parameter in the "ADD A COMMENT" section. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild (no KEV entry), public exploit code is available via ExploitDB (EDB-18699), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plume-cms:plume_cms:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18699 · Apr 4, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0381 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

osvdb.org / 80960
osvdb.org / 80961
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74614
exploit-db.com / exploits/18699
securityfocus.com / bid/52890
webapp-security.com / 2012/04/plumecms
webapp-security.com / wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PlumeCMS-1.2.4-Multiple-Permanent-XSS.txt