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CVE-2012-4238
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php in TCExam before 11.3.008 allows remote authenticated users…
Low2.1EPSS 0.97%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php in TCExam before 11.3.008 allows remote authenticated users with level 5 or greater permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the question_subject_id parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 days later
· 11 days 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 | Low2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/tcexam-cross-site-scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://tcexam.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcexam/tcexam%3Bh=edf6e08622642f1b2421f4355d98250d9e1b0742 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50141 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/347125 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20120813 TCExam Edit Cross-Site Scripting (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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