CVE-2012-5050 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the server in VMware vCenter Operations (aka vCOps) before 5.0.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-10-05

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_operations::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_operations:1.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_operations:1.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4974	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the server in VMware vCenter Operations (aka vCOps) before 5.0.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01951.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0069.html
http://osvdb.org/85959
http://secunia.com/advisories/50795
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027612
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2012-0014.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79044

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Vcenter Operations

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-10-05T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:50:18.343Z

Reserved: 2012-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5050

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-05T17:55:00.847

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:46:05.107

Link: CVE-2012-5050

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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