# CVE-2012-2436: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2012-05-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) an arbitrary parameter in a move or (2) minimize action to admin/admin_index.php; (3) the karma_username parameter to module.php in the karma module; (4) q_1_low, (5) q_1_high, (6) q_2_low, or (7) q_2_high parameter in a configure action to module.php in the captcha module; or (8) the edit parameter to module.php in the admin_language module.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53662
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49257
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2441
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75834
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23089
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2012-18/
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2440
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75764
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45431
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2452
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53625
- http://forums.pligg.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg/trunk/modules/admin_language/admin_language_main.php?r1=2442&r2=2441&pathrev=2442
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37311

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