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CVE-2012-3997

Published: Jul 12, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
4.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Sticky Notes before 0.2.27052012.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) paste_user or (2) paste_lang parameter to (a) list.php or (b) show.php.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

sayakbanerjee
oss-projectaka sticky notes
sticky notesOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://gitorious.org/sticky-notes/sticky-notes/commit/d97475f07520d61af3d20fbaeb2e9a974c190308
gitorious.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810928
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/083120.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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