CVE-2012-4983 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the a parameter to assets/login or (2) the query parameter to assets/rangesearch

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the a parameter to assets/login or (2) the query parameter to assets/rangesearch

Published Dec 5, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.93%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities on the Forescout CounterACT NAC device before 7.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the a parameter to assets/login or (2) the query parameter to assets/rangesearch.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.93% 0.00931

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00931

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.93% (0.00931)	59.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.93% (0.00931)	55.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.22% (0.00225)	43.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.13% (0.00132)	49.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 26, 2023	0.13% (0.00132)	47.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.14% (0.00140)	47.84th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (2)

http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/forescout-nac-xss.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56688
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/forescout-nac-xss.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56688		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 5, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Sep 19, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4983

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4983

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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