CVE-2012-0834
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/QueryRender.php in phpLDAPadmin 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the base parameter in a query_engine action to cmd.php.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/QueryRender.php in phpLDAPadmin 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the base parameter in a query_engine action to cmd.php.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.79% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 1 February 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- phpldapadmin project/phpldapadmin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 4.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/02/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/03/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://phpldapadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpldapadmin/phpldapadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7dc8d57d6952fe681cb9e8818df7f103220457bd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47852Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:020Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3477910&group_id=61828&atid=498546Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/02/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/03/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://phpldapadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpldapadmin/phpldapadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7dc8d57d6952fe681cb9e8818df7f103220457bd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47852Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:020Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3477910&group_id=61828&atid=498546Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.