CVE-2012-1511

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in View Manager Portal in VMware View before 4.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Published: 2012-03-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1511 is rated Moderate Risk (46.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.02%). EPSS rose +1.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1511

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 2026-06-15 0.29% 2.02% +1.72%
2 2025-03-30 0.24% 0.29% +0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.24% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1511

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-2012-1511

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1511

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1511 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vmware-view-open-client), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 8, ignored 8, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1511

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1511

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware view <= 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1511

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