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CVE-2012-4238

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4238 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in TCExam versions prior to 11.3.008, specifically within the admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php component. This flaw allows authenticated users with level 5 or higher permissions to inject malicious web scripts via the question_subject_id parameter. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and potential for partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 11.3.007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.000CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:10.1.000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.001CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:10.1.001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:10.1.002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tecnick:tcexam:10.1.003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0097 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 1,637 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0090.html
Exploit
freecode.com / projects/tcexam/releases/347125
secunia.com / advisories/50141
Vendor Advisory
tcexam.git.sourceforge.net / git/gitweb.cgi
reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk / tcexam-cross-site-scripting.html
Exploit