# CVE-2012-3341: Cross-site scripting in InfoSphere Guardium

> Remote attackers can execute scripts in victims' browsers via crafted URLs to steal authentication credentials in IBM InfoSphere Guardium.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/A:N/PR:L/S:C/C:L/AV:N/UI:N/I:L/RC:C/RL:O/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rq5m-hc6m-hrfx

## What is CVE-2012-3341?

CVE-2012-3341 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Guardium, published on 1 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

IBM InfoSphere Guardium 7.0, 8.0, 8.01, and 8.2 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials. IBM X-Force ID: 78294.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Infosphere Guardium.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-3341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBM InfoSphere Guardium

- [CVE-2013-0490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0490/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2012-3309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3309/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2012-3336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3336/): SQL injection in InfoSphere Guardium (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2012-2204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2204/): InfoSphere Guardium aix_ktap module: DoS (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2012-3337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3337/): Path traversal in InfoSphere Guardium (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3341 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Guardium, published on 1 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM InfoSphere Guardium. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3341

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