CVE-2012-4247
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lists/admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) remote_user, (2) remote_database, (3) remote_userprefix, (4)…
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 2.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in lists/admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) remote_user, (2) remote_database, (3) remote_userprefix, (4) remote_password, or (5) remote_prefix parameter to the import4 page; or the (6) id parameter to the bouncerule page.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.06% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 26 January 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- phplist/phplist
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% 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://www.phplist.com/?lid=579Patch
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisories
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs1
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs2
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs3
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs4
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs6
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs7
- http://www.phplist.com/?lid=579Patch
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisories
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs1
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs2
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs3
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs4
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs6
- https://www.httpcs.com/advisory/httpcs7
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.