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CVE-2012-6572

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the phptemplate_preprocess_node function in template.php in the Inf08 theme 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.10 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "administer taxonomy" permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a taxonomy vocabulary name.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-6572 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from kong, from drupal organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, 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

2013-06-21T19:55:01.050

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.0	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.0-beta1	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.0-beta2	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.1	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.2	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.3	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.4	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.5	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.6	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.7	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.8	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.9	Yes
Application	kong	inf08	6.x-1.x-dev	Yes
Application	drupal	drupal	-	No

References

http://osvdb.org/85422 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50557 ([email protected])
http://www.madirish.net/550 ([email protected])
https://drupal.org/node/1782286 ([email protected])
https://drupal.org/node/1782686 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78575 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/85422 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50557 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.madirish.net/550 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://drupal.org/node/1782286 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://drupal.org/node/1782686 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78575 (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 kong'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.