Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4597 is rated Low Risk (34.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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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 | 0.35% | 0.30% | -0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.30% | 0.35% | +0.06% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.30% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mcafee | email_and_web_security | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mcafee | email_and_web_security | 5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mcafee | email_gateway | 7.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mcafee | email_gateway | 7.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |