CVE-2012-2209
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Piwigo before 2.3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Piwigo before 2.3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) section parameter in the configuration module, (2) installstatus parameter in the languages_new module, or (3) theme parameter in the theme module.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 18782 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 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)
- 4.2% · top 8.9% 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 (9)
- 18782 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19173 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23085 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://piwigo.org/releases/2.3.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 53245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- piwigo-multiple-xss(75186) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 48903 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://piwigo.org/bugs/view.php?id=2607 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20120425 Multiple vulnerabilities in Piwigo (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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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