CVE-2012-2687

low
Published 2012-08-22 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.6
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2687

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.2.22-8
debian debianbullseyefixed2.2.22-8
debian debianforkyfixed2.2.22-8
debian debiansidfixed2.2.22-8
debian debiantrixiefixed2.2.22-8

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

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