XSS in Yahoo Yui

CVE-2012-5882

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.5.0 through 2.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to uploader.swf, a similar issue to CVE-2010-4208.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-5882: held from 0.024 to 0.024.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5882?
CVE-2012-5882 is a vulnerability in Yahoo Yui, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2012-11-16.
Is CVE-2012-5882 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.