CVE-2012-4848

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in IBM Lotus Foundations Start before 1.2.2c allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Webconfig Users user-attribute field, as demonstrated by the (1) First Name or (2) Last Name field.

Published: 2012-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4848 is rated Low Risk (32.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.76%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4848

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 0.17% 0.76% +0.59%
2 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.17% +0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.14% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4848

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4848

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4848

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm lotus_foundations_start <= 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_foundations_start:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_foundations_start 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_foundations_start:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_foundations_start 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_foundations_start:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm lotus_foundations_start 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:lotus_foundations_start:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4848

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