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CVE-2012-5558

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5558 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Smiley and Smileys modules for Drupal, specifically versions prior to 6.x-1.1. This flaw allows authenticated users with "administer smiley" permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through a smiley acronym. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges and user interaction, leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.x-1.0, < 6.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smiley_project:smiley:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.x-1.0, < 6.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:smileys_project:smileys:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 4,931 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

drupal.org / node/1840892
Vendor Advisory
drupal.org / node/1840954
Vendor Advisory
drupal.org / node/1840956
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory