CVE-2012-1212
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the smwfOnSfSetTargetName function in extensions/SMWHalo/includes/SMW_Initialize.php in…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 33% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the smwfOnSfSetTargetName function in extensions/SMWHalo/includes/SMW_Initialize.php in Semantic Enterprise Wiki (SMW+) 1.5.6, 1.6.0_2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the target parameter to index.php/Special:FormEdit. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Timeline
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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)
- 1.1% · top 33% 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 47968 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- smw-target-xss(73167) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 51980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/02/smw-enterprise-wiki-156-cross-site.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109637/SMW-1.5.6-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2012-1238 (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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