CVE-2012-1211
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pfile/kommentar.php in Powie pFile 1.02 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pfile/kommentar.php in Powie pFile 1.02 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filecat parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Powie pFile 1.02 - '/pfile/kommentar.php?filecat' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36765webapps, phppublished 13 Feb 2012Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- pfile-kommentar-xss(73165) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109670/Pfile-1.02-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 51982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-1237 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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