CVE-2012-6668

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
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: none known
Published: 2018-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Shout Reports in the DragonByte Technologies vBShout module before 6.0.6 for vBulletin allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) reportreason parameter in actions/doreport.php or (2) modnotes parameter in actions/updatereport.php.

Affected products

Dragonbyte-Tech Vbshout Module: before 6.0.6 — fixed in 6.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dragonbyte-Tech Vbshout Module 6.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/48519
http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f4/vbactivity-vbshout-forumon-rpg-vbdownloads-vbquiz-updates-security-releases-6876/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52715
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74345
http://secunia.com/advisories/48519
http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f4/vbactivity-vbshout-forumon-rpg-vbdownloads-vbquiz-updates-security-releases-6876/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52715
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74345

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