CVE-2012-1212

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 the smwfOnSfSetTargetName function in extensions/SMWHalo/includes/SMW_Initialize.php in Semantic Enterprise Wiki (SMW+) 1.5.6, 1.6.0_2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the target parameter to index.php/Special:FormEdit. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Smwplus Smw+: through 1.6.0_2; 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2 (+4)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109637/SMW-1.5.6-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47968
http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/02/smw-enterprise-wiki-156-cross-site.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51980
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73167
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109637/SMW-1.5.6-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47968
http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/02/smw-enterprise-wiki-156-cross-site.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51980
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73167

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