CVE-2012-5956

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ManageEngine AssetExplorer 5.6 before service pack 5614 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via fields in XML asset data to discoveryServlet/WsDiscoveryServlet, as demonstrated by the DocRoot/Computer_Information/output element.

Published: 2012-12-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5956 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.09%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5956

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	1.51%	4.09%	+2.58%
2	2025-03-30	1.12%	1.51%	+0.39%
3	2025-03-29	—	1.12%	—

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5956

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-2012-5956

CWE-79 MITRE ↗

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5956

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
zohocorp	manageengine_assetexplorer	<= 5.6	cpe:2.3:a:zohocorp:manageengine_assetexplorer::5613::::::*

References for CVE-2012-5956

URL	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/571068	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.manageengine.com/products/asset-explorer/sp-readme.html	Vendor Advisory

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