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title: "CVE-2012-2209\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-2209

Publication date 14 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Piwigo
before 2.3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML
via the (1) section parameter in the configuration module, (2)
installstatus parameter in the languages\_new module, or (3) theme parameter
in the theme module.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| piwigo | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2209)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2209)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2209)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2209)

### Other references

* <https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23085>
* <http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18782>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/48903>
* <http://piwigo.org/releases/2.3.4>
* <http://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=19173>
* <http://piwigo.org/bugs/view.php?id=2607>
* <http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0196.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2209>
