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CVE-2012-4873

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the file_download function in GNUBoard before 4.34.21 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename parameter.

Affected products

• gnuboard5: through 4.34

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/48458
• http://sir.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=g4_pds&wr_id=7156
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18627
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52622
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48458
• http://sir.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=g4_pds&wr_id=7156
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18627
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52622

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