What is CVE-2012-2517?

CVE-2012-2517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Prestashop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2012-2517?

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

Is CVE-2012-2517 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Prestashop

CVE-2012-2517

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PrestaShop before 1.4.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the index of the product[] parameter to ajax.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-02-11 · 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 (78.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.7% 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

Prestashop

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23091 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.prestashop.com/download/old/changelog_1.4.9.0.txt (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2517?: CVE-2012-2517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Prestashop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2012-2517?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2012-2517 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.