CVE-2012-3293

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Administrative Console in IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1.x before 6.1.0.45, 7.0.x before 7.0.0.25, 8.0.x before 8.0.0.4, and 8.5.x before 8.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving FRAME elements, related to a cross-frame scripting (XFS) issue.

Affected products

IBM WebSphere Application Server: 6.1.0, 6.1.0.0, 6.1.0.1, 6.1.0.2, 6.1.0.3, 6.1.0.5 (+41)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM60839
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606096
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022958
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55149
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77179
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM60839
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606096
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022958
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55149
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77179

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