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CVE-2012-4968

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SilverStripe 2.3.x before 2.3.13 and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a crafted string to the AbsoluteLinks, (2) BigSummary, (3) ContextSummary, (4) EscapeXML, (5) FirstParagraph, (6) FirstSentence, (7) Initial, (8) LimitCharacters, (9) LimitSentences, (10) LimitWordCount, (11)…

Severity
Medium 4.3
Published
17 Sept 2012
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
1.9% in the next 30 daysHigher than 80% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Cross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Change some data
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Sources
NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SilverStripe 2.3.x before 2.3.13 and 2.4.x before 2.4.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a crafted string to the AbsoluteLinks, (2) BigSummary, (3) ContextSummary, (4) EscapeXML, (5) FirstParagraph, (6) FirstSentence, (7) Initial, (8) LimitCharacters, (9) LimitSentences, (10) LimitWordCount, (11) LimitWordCountXML, (12) Lower, (13) LowerCase, (14) NoHTML, (15) Summary, (16) Upper, (17) UpperCase, or (18) URL method in a template, different vectors than CVE-2012-0976.

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Silverstripe CMSServers and applications · cpe:a:silverstripe:silverstripe
  • Version 2.4.6
  • Version 2.4.5
  • Version 2.4.3
  • Version 2.4.2
All 19 release lines
  • Version 2.3.0
  • Version 2.3.1
  • Version 2.3.2
  • Version 2.3.3
  • Version 2.3.4
  • Version 2.3.5
  • Version 2.3.6
  • Version 2.3.7
  • Version 2.3.8
  • Version 2.3.9
  • Version 2.3.10
  • Version 2.3.11
  • Version 2.3.12
  • Version 2.4.0
  • Version 2.4.1
  • Version 2.4.2
  • Version 2.4.3
  • Version 2.4.5
  • Version 2.4.6

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4968
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4968