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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 inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the question_subject_id parameter.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-4238 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from tecnick organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-08-20T20:55:03.940

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	tecnick	tcexam	≤ 11.3.007	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.000	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.001	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.002	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.003	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.004	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.005	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.006	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.007	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.008	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.009	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.010	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.011	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.012	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	10.1.013	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.000	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.001	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.002	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.003	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.004	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.005	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.006	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.007	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.008	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.009	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.010	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.011	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.012	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.013	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.014	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.015	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.0.016	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.000	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.001	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.002	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.003	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.004	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.005	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.006	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.007	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.008	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.009	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.010	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.011	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.012	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.013	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.014	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.015	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.016	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.017	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.018	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.019	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.020	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.021	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.022	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.023	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.024	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.025	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.026	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.027	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.028	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.029	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.030	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.1.031	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.000	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.001	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.002	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.003	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.004	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.005	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.006	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.007	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.008	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.010	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.011	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.012	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.013	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.014	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.015	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.016	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.017	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.018	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.020	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.021	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.022	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.023	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.025	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.026	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.027	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.028	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.029	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.030	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.031	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.2.032	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.000	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.001	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.002	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.003	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.004	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.005	Yes
Application	tecnick	tcexam	11.3.006	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0090.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/347125 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50141 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://tcexam.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcexam/tcexam%3Bh=edf6e08622642f1b2421f4355d98250d9e1b0742 ([email protected])
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/tcexam-cross-site-scripting.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0090.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/347125 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50141 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://tcexam.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcexam/tcexam%3Bh=edf6e08622642f1b2421f4355d98250d9e1b0742 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/tcexam-cross-site-scripting.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For tecnick's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.