CVE-2012-4871

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/graph_html.php in the administrator panel in LiteSpeed Web Server 4.1.11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the gtitle parameter.

Published: 2012-09-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4871 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.45%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4871

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37947 exploit_db edb 2012-03-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4871

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 2026-05-08 5.72% 5.45% -0.26%
2 2026-01-09 2.70% 5.72% +3.01%
3 2025-03-30 2.70%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4871

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-2012-4871

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4871

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
litespeedtech litespeed_web_server 4.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:litespeedtech:litespeed_web_server:4.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4871

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