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CVE-2012-0790

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0790 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the smokeping_cgi component of Oetiker Smokeping versions 2.4.2, 2.6.6, and earlier versions prior to 2.6.7. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'displaymode' parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity (information disclosure). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oetiker:smokeping:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oetiker:smokeping:0.99.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oetiker:smokeping:0.99.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oetiker:smokeping:0.99.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oetiker:smokeping:0.99.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 38th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

holisticinfosec.org / content/view/188/45
oss.oetiker.ch / smokeping/pub/CHANGES
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/47678
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/21/1
securityfocus.com / bid/51584