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CVE-2012-5460· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help page in Juniper Secure Access (SA) with IVE OS before 7.1r13, 7.2.x before 7.2r7, and 7

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the help page in Juniper Secure Access (SA) with IVE OS before 7.1r13, 7.2.x before 7.2r7, and 7.3.x before 7.3r2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the WWHSearchWordsText parameter.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Aug 1, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 59th 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 · 0.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
juniperive os
junipersecure access virtual appliance
juniperfips secure access 4000
juniperfips secure access 4500
juniperfips secure access 6000
juniperfips secure access 6500
junipermag2600 gateway
junipermag4610 gateway
junipermag6610 gateway
junipermag6611 gateway
junipersecure access 2000
junipersecure access 2500

and 5 more

Affected versions

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

  • juniper fips secure access 4000all versions
  • juniper fips secure access 4500all versions
  • juniper fips secure access 6000all versions
  • juniper fips secure access 6500all versions
  • juniper ive os7.1
  • juniper ive os7.2
  • juniper ive os7.3
  • juniper mag2600 gatewayall versions
  • juniper mag4610 gatewayall versions
  • juniper mag6610 gatewayall versions
  • juniper mag6611 gatewayall versions
  • juniper secure access 2000all versions
  • juniper secure access 2500all versions
  • juniper secure access 4000all versions
  • juniper secure access 4500all versions
  • juniper secure access 6000all versions
  • juniper secure access 6500all versions
  • juniper secure access 700all versions
  • juniper secure access virtual applianceall versions

Same product

juniper: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-2292Unspecified vulnerability in the Linux Network Connect client in Juniper Junos Pulse Secure Access Service (aka SSL VPN) with IVE OS before
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2014-3812The Juniper Junos Pulse Secure Access Service (SSL VPN) devices with IVE OS before 7.4r5 and 8.x before 8.0r1 and Junos Pulse Access Control
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2013-5649Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos Pulse Secure Access Service (aka SSL VPN) with IVE OS 7.1 before 7.1r15
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2014-2291Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Pulse Collaboration (Secure Meeting) user pages in Juniper Junos Pulse Secure Access Service
    14Monitor
  • CVE-2013-6956Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Secure Access Service Web rewriting feature in Juniper Junos Pulse Secure Access Service (ak
    8Monitor

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

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    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.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    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;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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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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