CVE-2012-4597 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-4597

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security...

Vulnerability Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

email and web security, email gateway
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5, 5.6, 7.0.0, 7.0.1

Timeline

Official Publish: August 22nd, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.