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CVE-2012-6659

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6659 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface of Phorum versions prior to 5.2.19, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web script or HTML through a crafted URL. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, with potential impact limited to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, aligning with the typical low engagement for most vulnerabilities.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 14th 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

secunia.com / advisories/50445
phorum.org / phorum5/read.php