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CVE-2012-5903

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5903 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) version 2.0.2, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the "scheduled" parameter in index.php. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement (partial impact to integrity) without requiring authentication. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37027 · Mar 29, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 49th 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

osvdb.org / 80766
packetstormsecurity.org / files/111356/SMF-2.0.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74521
securityfocus.com / bid/52822
Exploit