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CVE-2012-1209

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-02-24 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in backend/core/engine/base.php in Fork CMS 3.2.4 and possibly other versions before 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlight parameter.

Affected products

• forkcms/forkcms: 3.2.4

References

• http://www.fork-cms.com/blog/detail/fork-cms-3-2-5-released
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73393
• https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/c8ec9c58a6b3c46cdd924532c1de99bcda6072ed
• https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/df75e0797a6540c4d656969a2e7df7689603b2cf
• http://www.fork-cms.com/blog/detail/fork-cms-3-2-5-released
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73393
• https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/c8ec9c58a6b3c46cdd924532c1de99bcda6072ed
• https://github.com/forkcms/forkcms/commit/df75e0797a6540c4d656969a2e7df7689603b2cf

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