CVE-2012-2904

Exp

player.swf in LongTail JW Player 5.9 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple "javascript:" sequences in the debug parameter.

Published: 2012-05-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2904 is rated Exploit Available (58.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). Core evidence: 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2904

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2904

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 2026-04-12 0.97% 0.91% -0.06%
2 2026-03-04 1.19% 0.97% -0.22%
3 2026-03-01 1.19%

Full EPSS history (34 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2904

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-2012-2904

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2904

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
longtailvideo jw_player 5.9 cpe:2.3:a:longtailvideo:jw_player:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2904

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