CVE-2012-5881: yahoo yui Cross-site Scripting
CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-5881GHSA-jjg9-mf63-vqrp
Published 16-11-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5881 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in yahoo yui. EPSS estimates a 2.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)EPSS score
2.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 16-11-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.4.0 through 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to charts.swf, a similar issue to CVE-2010-4207.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionMedium 4.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
2.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.45% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score2.45%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Npm1 product
- yui2≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.9.0
Ubuntu1 product
- yui< 2.9.0.dfsg.0.1-0.1
Yahoo1 product
- yui2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.5.0 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.6.0 | 2.7.0 | 2.8.0 | 2.8.1 | 2.8.1:pr1 | 2.8.2 | 2.9.0 | 2.9.0:pr2 | 2.9.0:pr4
3 vendors · 3 products
References
11 links- www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/11/05/post-mortem-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/X Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryREPORT
- www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/10/30/security-announcement-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/X Refsource CONFIRMREPORT