CVE-2012-2278

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) Self-Service Console and (2) Security Console in EMC RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 before SP4 P14 and RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0 before SP4 P14 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-07-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2278 is rated Low Risk (31.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.20%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2278

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 0.13% 0.20% +0.07%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.13% -0.93%
3 2022-02-04 1.05%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2278

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-2012-2278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc rsa_authentication_manager <= 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc rsa_authentication_manager 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc rsa_authentication_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc rsa_authentication_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:rsa_authentication_manager:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa authentication_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:authentication_manager:7.1:sp42:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:3.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:3.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
rsa securid_appliance 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rsa:securid_appliance:3.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2278

cvelogic Threat Intelligence