CVE-2012-6557

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-6557 · Published 23/05/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6557 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting aboutme-plugin (zodiacdm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
aboutme-plugin zodiacdm	`= 1.1.1`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the AboutMe plugin 1.1.1 for Vanilla Forums allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) AboutMe/RealName, (2) AboutMe/Name, (3) AboutMe/Quote, (4) AboutMe/Loc, (5) AboutMe/Emp, (6) AboutMe/JobTit, (7) AboutMe/HS, (8) AboutMe/Col, (9) AboutMe/Bio, (10) AboutMe/Inter, (11) AboutMe/Mus, (12) AboutMe/Gam, (13) AboutMe/Mov, (14) AboutMe/FTV, or (15) AboutMe/Bks parameter to the Edit My Details page. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

secunia.com/advisories/49207 · Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com/exploits/18911 · Exploit
henryhoggard.co.uk/security/183 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/53631

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