What is CVE-2012-6623?

CVE-2012-6623 is a vulnerability in Vasthtml Forumpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-16.

Is CVE-2012-6623 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Vasthtml Forumpress

CVE-2012-6623

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in fs-admin/wpf-add-forum.php in the ForumPress WP Forum Server plugin before 1.7.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the groupid parameter in an addforum action to wp-admin/admin.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Vasthtml Forumpress — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6623?: CVE-2012-6623 is a vulnerability in Vasthtml Forumpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2014-01-16.
Is CVE-2012-6623 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.