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CVE-2012-2209

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2209 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Piwigo versions prior to 2.3.4. Specifically, an attacker could inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'section' parameter in the configuration module, 'installstatus' in the languages_new module, or 'theme' in the theme module of the admin.php file. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium access complexity, and potential for partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18782) exists, suggesting proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:piwigo:piwigo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18782 · Apr 25, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0424 is in the 87th 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0196.html
Exploit
piwigo.org / bugs/view.php
piwigo.org / forum/viewtopic.php
piwigo.org / releases/2.3.4
secunia.com / advisories/48903
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75186
htbridge.com / advisory/HTB23085
Exploit
exploit-db.com / exploits/18782
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/53245
Exploit