What is CVE-2012-5881?

CVE-2012-5881 is a vulnerability in Yahoo Yui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-11-16.

Is CVE-2012-5881 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Yahoo Yui

CVE-2012-5881

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.4.0 through 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to charts.swf, a similar issue to CVE-2010-4207.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.025 (82.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Yahoo Yui — versions 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2012-5475

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5881?: CVE-2012-5881 is a vulnerability in Yahoo Yui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-11-16.
Is CVE-2012-5881 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.