Is CVE-2012-2565 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-2565 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2565?

CVE-2012-2565 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-2565

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

Bloxx Web Filtering before 5.0.14 does not use a salt during calculation of a password hash, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine cleartext passwords via a rainbow-table approach.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 1.2% (68th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-2551)
Published: June 9, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2551 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

bloxx / web filtering

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722963(US Government Resource)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-8R9LBY(US Government Resource)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53715

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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