CVE-2012-2436
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) an arbitrary parameter in a move or (2) minimize action to admin/admin_index.php; (3) the karma_username parameter to module.php in the karma module; (4) q_1_low, (5) q_1_high, (6) q_2_low, or (7) q_2_high parameter in a configure action to module.php in the captcha module; or (8) the edit parameter to module.php in the admin_language module.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2422)
- Published
- May 27, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2422 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pligg / pligg cms
- pligg / pligg cms
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- pligg / pligg cms
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- pligg / pligg cms
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- pligg / pligg cms
- pligg / pligg cms
- pligg / pligg cms
References
- http://forums.pligg.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg/trunk/modules/admin_language/admin_language_main.php?r1=2442&r2=2441&pathrev=2442
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2440
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2441
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2452
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45431(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49257
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-18/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53625
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53662
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75764
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75834
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23089
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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