CVE-2012-0908

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in logout.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.8.1 and possibly other versions before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the link_href parameter.

Published: 2012-01-24 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0908 is rated Low Risk (39.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0908

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.25% 0.47% +0.22%
2 2023-03-07 1.32% 0.25% -1.07%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.32% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0908

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0908

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-0908

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-0908 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (simplesamlphp), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0908
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-0908 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (simplesamlphp), 9 status rows across 9 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): ignored 3, not-affected 3, DNE 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0908

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0908

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp <= 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
simplesamlphp simplesamlphp 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0908

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