CVE-2012-6556

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-05-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the FirstLastNames plugin 1.1.1 for Vanilla Forums allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) User/FirstName or (2) User/LastName parameter to the edit user page. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Jspautsch Firstlastnames: 1.1.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/49215
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18912
http://www.henryhoggard.co.uk/security/197
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53637
http://secunia.com/advisories/49215
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18912
http://www.henryhoggard.co.uk/security/197
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53637

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