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CVE-2012-3997

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3997 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sticky Notes versions prior to 0.2.27052012.5, specifically impacting the 'sayakbanerjee sticky_notes' product. This vulnerability, rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'paste_user' or 'paste_lang' parameters in 'list.php' or 'show.php'. While the attack complexity is medium and requires user interaction, successful exploitation could lead to information disclosure or session hijacking. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2.27052012.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sayakbanerjee:sticky_notes:0.2.27052012.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

gitorious.org / sticky-notes/sticky-notes/commit/d97475f07520d61af3d20fbaeb2e9a974c190308
ExploitPatch
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083120.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083169.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi