CVE-2012-5538

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FileField Sources module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.6 for Drupal, when the field has "Reference existing" source enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an uploaded file.

Affected products

Nathan Haug Filefield Sources: 6.x-1.0, 6.x-1.1, 6.x-1.2, 6.x-1.3, 6.x-1.4, 6.x-1.5 (+6)

References

http://drupal.org/node/1789300
http://drupal.org/node/1789302
http://drupal.org/node/1789306
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
http://drupal.org/node/1789300
http://drupal.org/node/1789302
http://drupal.org/node/1789306
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4

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