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CVE-2012-6556

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6556 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the FirstLastNames plugin 1.1.1 for Vanilla Forums. Attackers can inject malicious web script or HTML by manipulating the User/FirstName or User/LastName parameters on the user edit page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, as it requires user interaction (medium attack complexity) but does not require authentication. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a proof-of-concept exploit (EDB-18912) exists for a slightly newer version of the plugin (1.3.2), and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jspautsch:firstlastnames:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18912 · May 21, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 19,953 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

secunia.com / advisories/49215
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/18912
henryhoggard.co.uk / security/197
securityfocus.com / bid/53637