CVE-2012-4469

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 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: 2012-11-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hashcash module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.6 and 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.2 for Drupal, when "Log failed hashcash" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid token, which is not properly handled when administrators use the Database logging module.

Affected products

Simon Rycroft Hashcash: 6.x-2.0, 6.x-2.1, 6.x-2.2, 6.x-2.3, 6.x-2.4, 6.x-2.5 (+2)

References

http://drupal.org/node/1650784
http://drupal.org/node/1650790
http://drupal.org/node/1663306
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/3
http://drupal.org/node/1650784
http://drupal.org/node/1650790
http://drupal.org/node/1663306
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/3

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