Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dotclear before 2.4.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) login_data parameter to admin/auth.php; (2) nb parameter to admin/blogs.php; (3) type, (4) sortby, (5) order, or (6) status parameters to admin/comments.php; or (7) page parameter to admin/plugin.php.
CVE-2012-1039
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 89.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 19, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (12)
- cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0183.html
- cve@mitrehttp://dotclear.org/blog/post/2012/02/11/Dotclear-2.4.2
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/48209
- cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52221
- cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73565
- cve@mitrehttps://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23074
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0183.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dotclear.org/blog/post/2012/02/11/Dotclear-2.4.2
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48209
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52221
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73565
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/HTB23074
Weakness Classification(1)
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Publicly available exploits
(4 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (4 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-36888✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 29, 2012
Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/auth.php?login_data' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36889✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 29, 2012
Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/blogs.php?nb' Cross-Site Scripting
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36890✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 29, 2012
Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/comments.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36891✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 29, 2012
Dotclear 2.4.1.2 - '/admin/plugin.php?page' Cross-Site Scripting
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