CVE-2012-3296

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help link in the login panel in IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R7.1.0 before SP4, 7R7.2.0 before SP2, and 7R7.3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-08-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-3296 is rated Moderate Risk (43.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.65%). EPSS rose +1.06% 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-2012-3296

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 0.58% 1.65% +1.06%
2 2025-03-17 0.44% 0.58% +0.14%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-3296

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-2012-3296

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-3296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp0:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:sp0:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm power_hardware_management_console 7r7.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-3296

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