CVE-2012-2741
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in public_html/lists/admin/ in phpList before 2.10.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in public_html/lists/admin/ in phpList before 2.10.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the num parameter in a reconcileusers action.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpList 2.10.17 - SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18639webapps, phppublished 21 Mar 2012Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 18639 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 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)
- 2.9% · top 13% 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
8
- 1027181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 52657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120616 CVE request: phplist before 2.10.18 XSS and sql injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://mantis.phplist.com/view.php?id=16557 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5081.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18639 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.phplist.com/?lid=567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120616 Re: CVE request: phplist before 2.10.18 XSS and sql injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2012-2721 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2012-2741)Record last updated .