CVE-2012-4972

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Layton Helpbox 4.4.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sys_solution_id, (2) sys_requesttype_id, (3) sys_problem_desc, (4) sys_solution_desc, (5) sys_problemsummary, (6) usr_Action_testing, (7) usr_Escalation, or (8) usr_Additional_Resources parameter to writesolutionuser.asp or the (9) sys_solution_id parameter to deletesolution.asp.

Affected products

Layton Technology Helpbox: 4.4.0

References

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-embedded-xss.html
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-reflected-xss.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79658
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-embedded-xss.html
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-reflected-xss.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79658

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