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CVE-2012-2955

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2955 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities within the administrative user interface of IBM Lotus Protector for Mail Security (versions 2.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.8) and IBM ISS Proventia Network Mail Security System. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the query string. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (impact on integrity is partial). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-20368) exists for a related file read vulnerability, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:proventia_network_mail_security_system_firmware:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20368 · Aug 8, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 73rd 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 84014
secunia.com / advisories/49897
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/76798
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/659791
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/54486