CVE-2012-5883
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.8.0 through 2.9.0, as used in Bugzilla 3.7.x and…
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.8.0 through 2.9.0, as used in Bugzilla 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to swfstore.swf, a similar issue to CVE-2010-4209.
Timeline
ID reserved
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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:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=808845 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/11/05/post-mortem-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/10/30/security-announcement-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.11/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- bugzilla-flash-xss(80116) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://yuilibrary.com/support/20121030-vulnerability/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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