CVE-2012-4189

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Bugzilla 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a field value that is not properly handled during construction of a tabular report, as demonstrated by the Version field.

Published: 2012-11-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4189 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4189

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4189

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 2025-03-30 0.62% 0.30% -0.32%
2 2025-03-29 0.30% 0.62% +0.32%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4189

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-2012-4189

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4189

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4189 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4189

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla bugzilla 4.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4189

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