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CVE-2012-2566

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2566 describes a vulnerability in Bloxx Web Filtering versions prior to 5.0.14, where the product improperly handles X-Forwarded-For headers for HTTPS connections. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass IP address and domain restrictions, and generate misleading log entries, by manipulating the header. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with a low attack complexity, impacting integrity by allowing unauthorized access and obfuscating logs. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bloxx:web_filtering:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

kb.cert.org / vuls/id/722963
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/MAPG-8R9LBY
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/53715