CVE-2012-4238
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php in TCExam before 11.3...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-4238- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-4238- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4182 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2012-4182- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xj9w-h48f-jf9m No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/code/tce_edit_answer.php in TCExam before 11.3...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xj9w-h48f-jf9m- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-4238 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Tecnick Tcexam, published August 20, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.97%, the 61st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/tcexam-cross-site-scripting.html
tcexam.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcexam/tcexam%3Bh=edf6e08622642f1b2421f4355d98250d9e1b0742
secunia.com/advisories/50141
freecode.com/projects/tcexam/releases/347125
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-08/0090.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4238
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xj9w-h48f-jf9m