CVE-2012-2156
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plume CMS 1.2.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the u_email parameter (aka Authors Email field) to manager/users.php, (2) the u_realname parameter…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Plume CMS 1.2.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the u_email parameter (aka Authors Email field) to manager/users.php, (2) the u_realname parameter (aka Authors Name field) to manager/users.php, or (3) the c_author parameter (aka Author field) in an ADD A COMMENT section.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.77% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 April 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- plume-cms/plume cms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.8% 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://osvdb.org/80960
- http://osvdb.org/80961
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18699
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52890
- http://www.webapp-security.com/2012/04/plumecms
- http://www.webapp-security.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PlumeCMS-1.2.4-Multiple-Permanent-XSS.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74614
- http://osvdb.org/80960
- http://osvdb.org/80961
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18699
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52890
- http://www.webapp-security.com/2012/04/plumecms
- http://www.webapp-security.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PlumeCMS-1.2.4-Multiple-Permanent-XSS.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74614
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.