CVE-2012-5538

low
Published 2012-12-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the FileField Sources module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.6 for Drupal, when the field has "Reference existing" source enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename of an uploaded file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1789306

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1789302

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1789300

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.0
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.1
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.2
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.3
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.4
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.5
nathan_haugfilefield_sources6.x-1.x
nathan_haugfilefield_sources7.x-1.2
nathan_haugfilefield_sources7.x-1.3
nathan_haugfilefield_sources7.x-1.4
nathan_haugfilefield_sources7.x-1.5
nathan_haugfilefield_sources7.x-1.x
drupaldrupal-

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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