# CVE-2012-4558: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the balancer\_handler function in the manager interface in mod\_proxy\_balancer.c in the

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-02-26 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the balancer_handler function in the manager interface in mod_proxy_balancer.c in the mod_proxy_balancer module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.24-dev and 2.4.x before 2.4.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string.

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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136612293908376&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18977
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58165
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_balancer.c?r1=1404653&r2=1413732&diff_format=h
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101196.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1209.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0815.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1207.html
- http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2637
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1208.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E

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