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Unscored severity · published Aug 20, 2012
CVE-2012-4238
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php in TCExam before 11.3.008 allows remote authenticated users with level 5 or greater permissions to…
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CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php in TCExam before 11.3.008 allows remote authenticated users with level 5 or greater permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the question_subject_id parameter.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tcexam · Tecnick
through 11.3.007; 10.1.000; 10.1.001; 10.1.002; 10.1.003; 10.1.004; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
TC
Tcexam
Tecnick
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4238
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4238
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0090.html
freecode.com
http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/347125
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50141
tcexam.git.sourceforge.net
http://tcexam.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcexam/tcexam%3Bh=edf6e08622642f1b2421f4355d98250d9e1b0742
Exploit
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/tcexam-cross-site-scripting.html
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