CVE-2012-5460

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help page in Juniper Secure Access (SA) with IVE OS before 7.1r13, 7.2.x before 7.2r7, and 7.3.x before 7.3r2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the WWHSearchWordsText parameter.

Published: 2013-08-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5460 is rated Low Risk (34/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). 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-2012-5460

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 2025-03-17 0.14% 0.26% +0.13%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.14% -0.92%
3 2022-02-04 1.05%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5460

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-2012-5460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
juniper ive_os 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:ive_os:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper ive_os 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:ive_os:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper ive_os 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:juniper:ive_os:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_virtual_appliance cpe:2.3:a:juniper:secure_access_virtual_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper fips_secure_access_4000 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:fips_secure_access_4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper fips_secure_access_4500 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:fips_secure_access_4500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper fips_secure_access_6000 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:fips_secure_access_6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper fips_secure_access_6500 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:fips_secure_access_6500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper mag2600_gateway cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mag2600_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper mag4610_gateway cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mag4610_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper mag6610_gateway cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mag6610_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper mag6611_gateway cpe:2.3:h:juniper:mag6611_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_2000 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_2500 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_2500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_4000 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_4000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_4500 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_4500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_6000 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_6500 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_6500:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
juniper secure_access_700 cpe:2.3:h:juniper:secure_access_700:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5460

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