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CVE-2012-6523

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6523 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in w-CMS version 2.01, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. Specifically, the "p" parameter in getMenus (codes/wcms.php) and the "COMMENT" parameter in blog.php, guestbook.php, and forum.php (codes/) are susceptible. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity leading to partial integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18348) exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:w-cms:w-cms:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
ExploitDB: EDB-18348 · Jan 10, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 59th 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 / 78267
osvdb.org / 78268
secunia.com / advisories/47527
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72300
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72301
exploit-db.com / exploits/18348
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/51359