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CVE-2012-0428

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0428 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting NetIQ eDirectory versions 8.8.6.x prior to 8.8.6.7 and 8.8.7.x prior to 8.8.7.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity and potentially leading to information compromise (C:N/I:P/A:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.8.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:edirectory:8.8.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
novell.com / support/kb/doc.php
novell.com / support/kb/doc.php
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id