CVE-2012-4597 (GCVE-0-2012-4597)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-22 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:42
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.
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