CVE-2012-1260
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/userprefs.cgi in Plixer International Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgi-bin/userprefs.cgi in Plixer International Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer 8.6.2.16204, and possibly other versions before 9.0.1.19899, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the newUser parameter. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability, since an administrator might already have the privileges to create arbitrary script.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111791/Scrutinizer-8.6.2-Bypass-Cross-Site-Scripting-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52989 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74825 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/twsl2012-008-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-scrutinizer-netflow-sflow-analyzer/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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