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CVE-2012-4580

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.

Affected products

• McAfee Email And Web Security: 5.0, 5.5, 5.6
• Intel McAfee Email Gateway (MEG): 7.0

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

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