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TI-2012-02840 Aliases CVE-2012-3296GHSA-vrhx-ff8q-5x4m

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help link in the login panel in IBM Power…

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help link in the login panel in IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) 7R7.1.0 before SP4, 7R7.2.0 before SP2, and 7R7.3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01647 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.1.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp0:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.1.0 sp0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.1.0 sp1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.1.0 sp2VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.1.0 sp3VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.2.0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:sp0:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.2.0 sp0VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.2.0 sp1VulnerableIBM
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7r7.3.0VulnerableIBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.1.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.1.0 sp0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.1.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.1.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.1.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.1.0 sp3 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.2.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:sp0:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.2.0 sp0 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.2.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.2.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·IBM
  • cpe:2.3:a:ibm:power_hardware_management_console:7r7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7r7.3.0 Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-3296
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vrhx-ff8q-5x4m

References

Advisory 4

Other 3

  • TI-2017-00928 IBM Reliable Scalable Cluster Technology could allow a local user to escalate their… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2024-37388 IBM Power Hardware Management Console directory traversal CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2014-00815 IBM Power Hardware Management Console cross-site scripting CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2016-04331 The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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