CVE-2012-4029
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in main/dropbox/index.php in Chamilo LMS before 1.8.8.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category_name parameter in an addsentcategory action.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in main/dropbox/index.php in Chamilo LMS before 1.8.8.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category_name parameter in an addsentcategory action.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.44% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- chamilo/chamilo
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.4% 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.
References
- http://support.chamilo.org/attachments/download/2863/chamilo-1.8.8.4-to-1.8.8.6.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/115927/Chamilo-1.8.8.4-XSS-File-Deletion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.chamilo.org/projects/chamilo-18/wiki/Security_issues#Issue-7-2012-07-16-Moderate-risk-Several-moderate-security-flawsVendor Advisory
- http://support.chamilo.org/attachments/download/2863/chamilo-1.8.8.4-to-1.8.8.6.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/115927/Chamilo-1.8.8.4-XSS-File-Deletion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://support.chamilo.org/projects/chamilo-18/wiki/Security_issues#Issue-7-2012-07-16-Moderate-risk-Several-moderate-security-flawsVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.