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CVE-2012-5164

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5164 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Fork CMS versions prior to 3.2.7. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, primarily through the 'term' parameter in various search-related AJAX scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity. It requires medium attack complexity and can lead to partial integrity impact (e.g., defacement, session hijacking) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fork-cms:fork_cms:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 32nd 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78957
github.com / forkcms/forkcms/commit/03e8f5b53f193a87116b3875eec39769d5c07114
Exploit
github.com / forkcms/forkcms/commit/641e27bf1e9a7e320d6856399a7c274934bb351e
ExploitPatch
github.com / forkcms/forkcms/pull/247
Exploit
fork-cms.com / blog/detail/fork-cms-3-2-7-released
Vendor Advisory