CVE-2012-4679

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/login.php in Newscoop before 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the f_user_name parameter.

Affected products

Sourcefabric Newscoop: through 3.5.4; 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3

References

http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/CS-4184
http://secunia.com/advisories/48769
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52941
http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/newscoop/latestrelease/1141/Newscoop-355-and-Newscoop-4-RC4-security-releases.htm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74781
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23084
http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/CS-4184
http://secunia.com/advisories/48769
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52941
http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/newscoop/latestrelease/1141/Newscoop-355-and-Newscoop-4-RC4-security-releases.htm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74781
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23084

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