CVE-2012-4912

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WebAccess component in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before Support Pack 3 and 2012 before Support Pack 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted signature in an HTML e-mail message.

Published: 2012-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4912 is rated Moderate Risk (41.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.48%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4912

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 1.93% 1.48% -0.46%
2 2026-05-30 1.43% 1.93% +0.50%
3 2025-06-21 1.43%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4912

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-2012-4912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4912

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell groupwise 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.00 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.00:hp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.00 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.00:hp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.00 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.00:hp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.01 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.01 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.01:hp:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.02 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.02 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.02:hp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.02 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.02:hp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 8.02 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:8.02:hp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell groupwise 2012 cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4912

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