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CVE-2012-5624
The XMLHttpRequest object in Qt before 4.8.4 enables http redirection to the file scheme, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The XMLHttpRequest object in Qt before 4.8.4 enables http redirection to the file scheme, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force the read of arbitrary local files and possibly obtain sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1723-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 52217 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121204 Re: CVE Request -- Qt (x < 4.8.4): QML XmlHttpRequest insecure redirection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C40034 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [Announce] 20121130 Qt Project Security Advisory: QML XmlHttpRequest Insecure Redirection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883415 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-5510 (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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