CVE-2012-4972

medium

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Layton Helpbox 4.4.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sys_solution_id, (2) sys_requesttype_id, (3) sys_problem_desc, (4) sys_solution_desc, (5) sys_problemsummary, (6) usr_Action_testing, (7) usr_Escalation, or (8) usr_Additional_Resources parameter to writesolutionuser.asp or the (9) sys_solution_id parameter to deletesolution.asp.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79658

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-reflected-xss.html

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/helpbox-embedded-xss.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-12-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00326