CVE-2012-6640

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Horde Internet Mail Program (IMP) before 5.0.22, as used in Horde Groupware Webmail Edition before 4.0.9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted SVG image attachment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-5565.

Published: 2014-04-05 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6640 is rated Moderate Risk (45.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.83%). EPSS rose +1.54% 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-2012-6640

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 0.30% 1.83% +1.54%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.30% -0.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6640

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-2012-6640

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6640

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-6640 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (php-horde-imp), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6640
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-6640 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (horde3), 12 status rows across 12 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 7, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6640

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6640

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
horde groupware <= 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:*:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0:rc1:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0:rc2:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.1:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.2:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.3:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.4:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.5:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.6:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde groupware 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:4.0.7:*:webamail:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp <= 5.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
horde imp 5.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:horde:imp:5.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6640

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