SUPPORT COMMUNICATION- SECURITY BULLETIN HPSBPI02779 SSRT100855 rev.2 - HP Web Jetadmin v8.x Running on Windows, Remote Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2012-2011  

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HP Web Jetadmin v8.x. These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely resulting in cross site scripting (XSS).

Potential Security Impact:
Remote cross site scripting (XSS)

VULNERABILITY SUMMARY

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified with HP Web Jetadmin v8.x. These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely resulting in cross site scripting (XSS).
Reference Number
CVE-2012-2011
SUPPORTED SOFTWARE VERSIONS*: ONLY impacted versions are listed.
HP Web Jetadmin v8.x
BACKGROUND
CVSS 2.0 Base Metrics
Reference
Base Vector
Base Score
CVE-2012-2011
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
4.3

Information on CVSS is documented in HP Customer Notice: HPSN-2008-002
HP thanks Andrei Costin for reporting these vulnerabilities to security-alert@hp.com.
RESOLUTION
HP has provided HP Web Jetadmin v10.x or subsequent to resolve these vulnerabilities. HP Web Jetadmin v10.x is dated 24 Nov 2009 or later. HP Web Jetadmin can be downloaded from the HP Web Jetadmin web page.
note:
HP Web Jetadmin v8.x is obsolete and will not be updated. Customers running HP Web Jetadmin v8.x should update to v10.x or later.
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REVISION HISTORY : Version:1 (rev.1) - 31 May 2012 Initial release; Version:2 (rev.2) - 27 July 2017 Fixed broken links, added boilerplate reuse c05565415