CVE-2012-5228

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: 2012-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in phplist 2.10.9, 2.10.17, and possibly other versions before 2.10.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the testtarget parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Tincan Phplist: through 2.10.18; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1.2b, 1.1.3b, 1.1.4b, 1.1.5 (+74)

References

http://osvdb.org/78548
http://secunia.com/advisories/47727
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18419
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51681
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72747
http://osvdb.org/78548
http://secunia.com/advisories/47727
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18419
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51681
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72747

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