What is CVE-2012-3259?

CVE-2012-3259 is a vulnerability in HP Sitescope. Published 2012-09-25.

Is CVE-2012-3259 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in HP Sitescope

CVE-2012-3259

Unspecified vulnerability in a SOAP feature in HP SiteScope 11.10 through 11.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-1461.

Published 2012-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.602 (99.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-17.

High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.602 · newest: 0.602 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Sitescope — versions 11.10, 11.11, 11.12

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay/ (Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78877 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3259?: CVE-2012-3259 is a vulnerability in HP Sitescope. Published 2012-09-25.
Is CVE-2012-3259 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.