CVE-2012-0302

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Brightmail Control Center in Symantec Message Filter 6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Base score: 4.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.50%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 73
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Symantec — Message Filter

CWEs

CWE-79

References

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