CVE-2012-3844

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in vBulletin 4.1.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a long string in the subject parameter when creating a post.

Affected products

vBulletin: 4.1.12

References

http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/04/en-vbulletin-4112-cross-site-scripting.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112385/vBulletin-4.1.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53319
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75325
http://hauntit.blogspot.com/2012/04/en-vbulletin-4112-cross-site-scripting.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112385/vBulletin-4.1.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53319
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75325

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