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CVE-2012-4543 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbi…

published 2013-01-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4471

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) pageStart or (2) pageSize to the displayCRL script, or (3) nonce variable to the profileProcess script.

Patch / fix

  • pki-tps certificate system 8 8.1.3-2.el5pki
  • pki-common certificate system 8 8.1.3-2.el5pki
  • pki-common-javadoc certificate system 8 8.1.3-2.el5pki
  • pki-core RHEL 6 9.0.3-30.el6
  • pki-ca RHEL 6 9.0.3-30.el6
  • pki-util RHEL 6 9.0.3-30.el6
  • pki-setup RHEL 6 9.0.3-30.el6
  • pki-common RHEL 6 9.0.3-30.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1550RHSA-2013:0511

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4543 updated cvss 4.3

System: Multiple cross-site scripting flaws by displaying CRL or processing profile

  • Red Hat Certificate System 8 pki-tps 8.1.3-2.el5pki, pki-common 8.1.3-2.el5pki, pki-common-javadoc 8.1.3-2.el5pki
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1550
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) pki-ca 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-core 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-util 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-setup 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-common 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-silent 9.0.3-30.el6, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) pki-ca 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-core 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-util 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-setup 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-common 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-silent 9.0.3-30.el6, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) pki-ca 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-core 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-util 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-setup 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-common 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-silent 9.0.3-30.el6, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) pki-core 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-util-javadoc 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-common-javadoc 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-java-tools-javadoc 9.0.3-30.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) pki-ca 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-core 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-util 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-setup 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-common 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-silent 9.0.3-30.el6, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) pki-core 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-util-javadoc 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-common-javadoc 9.0.3-30.el6, pki-java-tools-javadoc 9.0.3-30.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0511

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Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.