CVE-2012-4938

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web interface in Pattern Insight 2.3 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the banner message.

Published: 2012-11-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4938 is rated Low Risk (35.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4938

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 1.32% 1.09% -0.24%
2 2026-01-12 0.36% 1.32% +0.97%
3 2025-03-30 0.36%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4938

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-2012-4938

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4938

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
patterninsight pattern_insight 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:patterninsight:pattern_insight:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4938

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