CVE-2012-2565

Bloxx Web Filtering before 5.0.14 does not use a salt during calculation of a password hash, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a rainbow-table approach.

Published: 2012-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2565 is rated Moderate Risk (53.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). EPSS rose +1.28% 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-2012-2565

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 2025-09-17 0.48% 1.76% +1.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.14% 0.48% +0.34%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2565

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2565

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2565

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bloxx web_filtering <= 5.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:bloxx:web_filtering:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2565

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