CVE-2012-2955

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administrative user interface in IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security 2.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, and 2.8 and IBM ISS Proventia Network Mail Security System allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.

Published: 2012-07-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2955 is rated Exploit Available (58.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2955

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20368 exploit_db edb 2012-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2955

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 4.76% 2.48% -2.29%
2 2026-06-11 5.23% 4.76% -0.47%
3 2026-03-21 — 5.23% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2955

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-2012-2955

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2955

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware 2.5 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware 2.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware 2.8 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system — cpe:2.3:h:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm proventia_network_mail_security_system ms3004 cpe:2.3:h:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system:ms3004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_protector_for_mail_security 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_protector_for_mail_security 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_protector_for_mail_security 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_protector_for_mail_security 2.8 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_protector_for_mail_security:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2955

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