CVE-2012-4543

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) pageStart or (2) pageSize to the displayCRL script, or (3) nonce variable to the profileProcess script.

Published: 2013-01-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4543 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4543

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 0.24% 1.23% +0.99%
2 2025-03-30 0.26% 0.24% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.26% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4543

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-2012-4543

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4543

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4543

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4543

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat certificate_system <= 8.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat certificate_system 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4543

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