{"id":"CVE-2012-5956","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5956","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:49:01.550Z","title":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ManageEngine AssetExplorer 5.6 before service pack 5614 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via fields in XML asset data to discoveryServlet/WsDiscoveryServlet, as…","description":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ManageEngine AssetExplorer 5.6 before service pack 5614 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via fields in XML asset data to discoveryServlet/WsDiscoveryServlet, as demonstrated by the DocRoot/Computer_Information/output element.","published":"2012-12-11T12:18:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:47:38.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["zohocorp/manageengine assetexplorer"],"epss":{"score":0.0409,"percentile":0.90655,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/571068","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.manageengine.com/products/asset-explorer/sp-readme.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/571068","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.manageengine.com/products/asset-explorer/sp-readme.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5956","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}