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CVE-2012-4891

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in fw/index2.do in ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer 7.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter, a different vector than CVE-2012-4889. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-4891 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from manageengine organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-09-10T22:55:07.587

Last Modified

2026-06-16T23:45:51.367

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	manageengine	firewall_analyzer	7.2	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/80874 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130169/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer-8.0-Directory-Traversal-XSS.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48657 ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35933 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100551 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/80874 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130169/ManageEngine-Firewall-Analyzer-8.0-Directory-Traversal-XSS.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48657 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35933 Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100551 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For manageengine's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.