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CVE-2012-2278· NVD / CVE Program· CNA dell

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) Self-Service Console and (2) Security Console in EMC RSA Authentication Manag

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the (1) Self-Service Console and (2) Security Console in EMC RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 before SP4 P14 and RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0 before SP4 P14 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jul 13, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 61th percentile
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Action score

17

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
emcrsa authentication manager
rsaauthentication manager
rsasecurid appliance

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • emc rsa authentication managerup to 7.1 inclusive
  • emc rsa authentication manager7.0
  • emc rsa authentication manager7.1
  • rsa authentication manager7.1
  • rsa securid appliance2.0
  • rsa securid appliance2.0.1
  • rsa securid appliance2.0.2
  • rsa securid appliance3.0

Same product

emc: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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  • CVE-2018-1254RSA Authentication Manager Security Console, versions 8.3 P1 and earlier, contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.
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  • CVE-2012-2279Open redirect vulnerability in the Security Console in EMC RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 before SP4 P14 and RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0 befor
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  • CVE-2018-1253Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2017-14373EMC RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 SP1 P4 and earlier contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be expl
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2017-8006In EMC RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 SP1 Patch 1 and earlier, a malicious user logged into the Self-Service Console of RSA Authentication M
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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