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CVE-2012-2596

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2596 describes an XML injection vulnerability in the XPath functionality of Siemens WinCC 7.0 SP3 prior to Update 2. This flaw allows remote authenticated attackers to manipulate system settings by injecting special characters into URL parameters. With a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a medium severity, requiring authentication but being easily exploitable to achieve partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:siemens:wincc:7.0:sp3:update_1:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 21,957 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

siemens.com / corporate-technology/pool/de/forschungsfelder/siemens_security_advisory_ssa-223158.pdf
Vendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-158-01.pdf
US Government Resource