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CVE-2012-5538 Details

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FileField Sources module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.6 for Drupal, when the field has "Reference existing" source enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an uploaded file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
nathan haug filefield sources
6.x-1.0
6.x-1.1
6.x-1.2
6.x-1.3
6.x-1.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:6.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.2:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:nathan_haug:filefield_sources:7.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
drupal drupal
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5538
NVD Published Date:
Dec 3, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-5538 Details - Not Deferred