« Back to list

CVE-2012-4580

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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 (2)

Mcafee — Email AND WEB SecurityMcafee — Email Gateway

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

Show
{
  "id": "CVE-2012-4580",
  "cveTags": [],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "type": "Primary",
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "2.0",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "product": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "published": "2012-08-22T10:42:04.710",
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "type": "Primary",
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de ejecución de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en McAfee Email and Web Security v5.x (EWS) antes de v5.5 Patch 6 y v5.6 antes de la revisión v3 y McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) v7.0 antes de la revisión v1 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML a través de vectores relacionados con la consola gestión y cuadro de mandos de McAfee Security Appliance.\r\n"
    }
  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:45:26.260",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "negate": false,
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "vulnerable": true,
              "matchCriteriaId": "66A3B3D7-D6F2-4AE9-89BA-3B39896D6DBE"
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "vulnerable": true,
              "matchCriteriaId": "C8E57CF1-7D4D-45E9-A74D-51D6C7940F26"
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "vulnerable": true,
              "matchCriteriaId": "36F5B0E9-0B28-4DAD-91C9-0E722D79AC46"
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "vulnerable": true,
              "matchCriteriaId": "46F5DE96-C4C2-498A-AD79-82BEC9A7DF5B"
            }
          ],
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org"
}