CVE-2012-5608

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in apps/user_webdavauth/settings.php in ownCloud 4.5.x before 4.5.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via arbitrary POST parameters.

Published: 2012-12-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5608 is rated Moderate Risk (45.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5608

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 0.25% 1.83% +1.58%
2 2024-09-17 0.17% 0.25% +0.09%
3 2024-03-15 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5608

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-2012-5608

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5608

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5608 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (owncloud), 12 status rows across 12 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): DNE 6, not-affected 3, released 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5608

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5608

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
owncloud owncloud_server 4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5608

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