PT-2012-5840 · Phplist · Phplist

Cyber-Crystal · Published 2012-10-01 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions phplist versions prior to 2.10.19

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the testtarget parameter in the "admin/index.php" page, potentially leading to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.10.19, update to version 2.10.19 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the testtarget parameter in the "admin/index.php" page to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5228

Affected Products

Phplist

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18419 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/18419 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5228 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72747 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/51681 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5228 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/78548 · Note