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CVE-2012-2984

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2984 describes multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Websense Content Gateway versions prior to 7.7.3, specifically within the monitor/m_overview.ink component. Attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'menu' or 'item' parameters. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with a network-based attack vector, medium access complexity, no authentication required, and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-37671) detailing these XSS vulnerabilities, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_content_content_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-37671 · Aug 23, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 53rd 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

secunia.com / advisories/50368
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/318779
ExploitUS Government Resource