CVE-2012-3952

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Published 2012-08-12 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in phpList before 2.10.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the unconfirmed parameter to the user page.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-37590 webapps php verified text · 1 KB

High-Tech Bridge SA · 2012-08-08

phpList 2.10.18 - 'unconfirmed' Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54887/info

PHPList is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PHPList 2.10.18 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

http://www.example.com/admin/?page=user&find=1&unconfirmed=%22%3 %3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29;%3C/s cript%3E

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
phplist	phplist	`{"endIncluding":"2.10.18"}`
phplist	phplist	`2.6.5`
phplist	phplist	`2.7.1`
phplist	phplist	`2.7.2`
phplist	phplist	`2.8.2`
phplist	phplist	`2.8.7`
phplist	phplist	`2.8.12`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.1`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.2`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.3`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.4`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.5`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.7`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.8`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.9`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.10`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.11`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.12`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.13`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.14`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.15`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.16`
phplist	phplist	`2.10.17`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.