CVE-2012-5228

phplist < 2.10.19 - Cross-Site Scripting via testtarget Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-5228. PoCs published by Cyber-Crystal.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in phplist 2.10.9 that allows an attacker to add an admin account and an XSS vulnerability that can be triggered via a crafted POST request. The PoC includes HTML forms to exploit these vulnerabilities.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/index.php in phplist 2.10.9, 2.10.17, and possibly other versions before 2.10.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the testtarget parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Cyber-Crystal · htmlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18419

This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in phplist 2.10.9 that allows an attacker to add an admin account and an XSS vulnerability that can be triggered via a crafted POST request. The PoC includes HTML forms to exploit these vulnerabilities.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: phplist version 2.10.9
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target phplist admin interface
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/47727
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72747
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18419
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/78548
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51681

Scores

EPSS 0.0165
EPSS Percentile 73.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (50)
tincan/phplist 1.0
tincan/phplist 1.0.1
tincan/phplist 1.1.2b
tincan/phplist 1.1.3b
tincan/phplist 1.1.4b
tincan/phplist 1.1.5
tincan/phplist 1.1.5b
tincan/phplist 1.1.6
tincan/phplist 1.1.7
tincan/phplist 1.3.5
... and 40 more
Published Oct 01, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026