CVE-2012-1979

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in starnet/index.php in SyndeoCMS 3.0.01 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email parameter (aka Email address field) in an edit_user configuration action.

Affected products

Syndeocms: through 3.0.01; 2.4, 2.4.10, 2.5.00, 2.5.01, 2.6.00, 2.7.00 (+5)

References

http://osvdb.org/80746
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111405/SyndeoCMS-3.0.01-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18686/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52840
http://www.webapp-security.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/syndeocms_3.0.01-Persistent-XSS.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74545
http://osvdb.org/80746
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111405/SyndeoCMS-3.0.01-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18686/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52840
http://www.webapp-security.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/syndeocms_3.0.01-Persistent-XSS.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74545

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