What is CVE-2012-6668?

CVE-2012-6668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dragonbyte-Tech Vbshout Module, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-11.

How severe is CVE-2012-6668?

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

XSS in Dragonbyte-Tech Vbshout Module

CVE-2012-6668

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Shout Reports in the DragonByte Technologies vBShout module before 6.0.6 for vBulletin allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) reportreason parameter in actions/doreport.php or (2) modnotes parameter in actions/updatereport.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dragonbyte-Tech Vbshout Module

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f4/vbactivity-vbshout-forumon-rpg-vbdownloads-vbquiz-up… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/52715 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/48519 (Permissions Required, third-party-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74345 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-6668?: CVE-2012-6668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dragonbyte-Tech Vbshout Module, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-11.
How severe is CVE-2012-6668?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.