CVE-2012-6668 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Shout Reports in the DragonByte Technologies vBShout module before 6.0.6 for vBulletin allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) reportreason parameter in actions/doreport.php or (2) modnotes parameter in actions/updatereport.php

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Shout Reports in the DragonByte Technologies vBShout module before 6.0.6 for vBulletin allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) reportreason parameter in actions/doreport.php or (2) modnotes parameter in actions/updatereport.php

Published Jan 11, 2018

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.67%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Shout Reports in the DragonByte Technologies vBShout module before 6.0.6 for vBulletin allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) reportreason parameter in actions/doreport.php or (2) modnotes parameter in actions/updatereport.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.67% 0.01669

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01669

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.67% (0.01669)	75.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.70% (0.01701)	74.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.27% (0.00272)	48.64th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.15% (0.00149)	52.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 4, 2023	0.15% (0.00149)	49.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00177)	52.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/48519
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f4/vbactivity-vbshout-forumon-rpg-vbdownloads-vbquiz-updates-security-releases-6876/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52715
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74345
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/48519		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://www.dragonbyte-tech.com/f4/vbactivity-vbshout-forumon-rpg-vbdownloads-vbquiz-updates-security-releases-6876/		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52715		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74345		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 11, 2018

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 20, 2014

Link CVE-2012-6668

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-6668

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-6668