CVE-2012-3238

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Backup/Restore component in WebAdmin in Astaro Security Gateway before 8.305 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Comment (optional)" field.

Published: 2012-07-09 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3238 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.48%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-3238

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-3238

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 0.54% 3.48% +2.94%
2 2025-03-30 0.64% 0.54% -0.10%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.64% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3238

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-2012-3238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
astaro security_gateway_software <= 8.3 cpe:2.3:a:astaro:security_gateway_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
astaro security_gateway — cpe:2.3:h:astaro:security_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management_software <= 8.3 cpe:2.3:a:sophos:unified_threat_management_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 110 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:110:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 120 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:120:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 220 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:220:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 320 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:320:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 425 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:425:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 525 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:525:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sophos unified_threat_management 625 cpe:2.3:h:sophos:unified_threat_management:625:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3238

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