CVE-2012-1912
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preferences.php in PHP Address Book 7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject…
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in preferences.php in PHP Address Book 7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the from parameter. NOTE: the index.php vector is already covered by CVE-2008-2566.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 18578 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
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)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 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 (11)
- 42781 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18578 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 53598 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 49212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3501716&group_id=157964&atid=805929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3496653&group_id=157964&atid=805929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.darksecurity.de/advisories/2012/SSCHADV2012-007.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- phpaddressbook-multiple-xss(73944) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3527242&group_id=157964&atid=805929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.darksecurity.de/index.php?/215-SSCHADV2012-013-PHP-Address-Book-7.0.0-Multiple-security-vulnerabilities.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)
- 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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