CVE-2012-3296
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help link in the login panel in IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R7.1.0 before SP4, 7R7.2.0 before SP2, and 7R7.3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (77th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3274)
- Published
- August 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3274 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
- ibm / power hardware management console
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50376
- http://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/security_bulletin_the_help_link_on_the_power_hmc_login_panel_is_susceptible_to_reflected_cross_site_scripting_cve_2012_329617(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03488
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03489
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1MB03494
- http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01253
- http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01257
- http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/firmware/readme?fixid=MH01258
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027433
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77288
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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