What is CVE-2012-1915?

CVE-2012-1915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2012-1915?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Codeigniter

CVE-2012-1915

EllisLab CodeIgniter 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the xss_clean() Filter and perform XSS attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Codeigniter

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/54620 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1915?: CVE-2012-1915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codeigniter, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2012-1915?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.