CVE-2012-2687

low
Published 2012-08-22 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.6

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the make_variant_list function in mod_negotiation.c in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.3, when the MultiViews option is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename that is not properly handled during construction of a variant list.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.2.22-8
sid Fixed 2.2.22-8
forky Fixed 2.2.22-8
bullseye Fixed 2.2.22-8
bookworm Fixed 2.2.22-8

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachehttp_server2.2.0
apache apachehttp_server2.2.1
apache apachehttp_server2.2.2
apache apachehttp_server2.2.3
apache apachehttp_server2.2.4
apache apachehttp_server2.2.6
apache apachehttp_server2.2.8
apache apachehttp_server2.2.9
apache apachehttp_server2.2.10
apache apachehttp_server2.2.11
apache apachehttp_server2.2.12
apache apachehttp_server2.2.13
apache apachehttp_server2.2.14
apache apachehttp_server2.2.15
apache apachehttp_server2.2.16
apache apachehttp_server2.2.17
apache apachehttp_server2.2.18
apache apachehttp_server2.2.19
apache apachehttp_server2.2.20
apache apachehttp_server2.2.21
apache apachehttp_server2.2.22
apache apachehttp_server2.2.23
apache apachehttp_server2.4.0
apache apachehttp_server2.4.1
apache apachehttp_server2.4.2

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.