CVE-2012-4469

low

Published 2012-11-30 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

2.6

VIR risk

2.6

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hashcash module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.6 and 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.2 for Drupal, when "Log failed hashcash" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid token, which is not properly handled when administrators use the Database logging module.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1663306

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1650790

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1650784

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`6.x-2.0`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`6.x-2.1`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`6.x-2.2`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`6.x-2.3`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`6.x-2.4`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`6.x-2.5`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`7.x-2.0`
simon_rycroft	hashcash	`7.x-2.1`
drupal	drupal	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.