CVE-2012-5884

The User.get method in Bugzilla/WebService/User.pm in Bugzilla 4.3.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about the saved searches of arbitrary users via an XMLRPC request or a JSONRPC request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4198.

Published: 2012-11-16 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5884 is rated Moderate Risk (41.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5884

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 2023-03-07 1.14% 0.29% -0.84%
2 2022-02-04 — 1.14% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5884

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5884

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-5884

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-5884 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 2, not-affected 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5884

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5884

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla bugzilla 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5884

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