CVE-2012-2452 Cross-site scripting in n/a

Medium 6.1 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specific parameters in pragmaMx, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-2452?

CVE-2012-2452 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in pragmaMx 1.x before 1.12.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name parameter to modules.php or (2) img_url to includes/wysiwyg/spaw/editor/plugins/imgpopup/img_popup.php.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2452?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pragmamx Pragmamx.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2452?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2452 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2012-2452 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-2452 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-642m-pjr2-x8f9.

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