CVE-2012-2280
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedEMC RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 before SP4 P14 and RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0 before SP4 P14 do not properly use frames, which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related to a "Cross frame scripting vulnerability."
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a Cross-Frame Scripting (XFS) vulnerability in EMC RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 and RSA SecurID Appliance 3.0 where the applications do not properly use frames, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This can enable session hijacking, clickjacking, or phishing attacks by tricking users into interacting with maliciously framed content.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.1= 7.0= 7.1= 7.1= 2.0= 2.0.1= 2.0.2= 3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed product and versionLocate the RSA Authentication Manager or RSA SecurID Appliance installation and determine its exact version number (7.0, 7.1, or 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2/3.0)Affected if The installed version matches 7.0, 7.1, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, or 3.0, indicating the vulnerable version range
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Inspect HTTP response headers for X-Frame-OptionsUse a browser developer tool or curl to examine HTTP response headers from the web interface login page. Look for the X-Frame-Options headerAffected if The X-Frame-Options header is absent from HTTP responses, meaning the application can be embedded in arbitrary frames
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Check HTML for framebusting codeView the page source of the login page or main application pages. Search for JavaScript code intended to prevent the page from being loaded in frames (such as 'if (top != self)' statements)Affected if No framebusting JavaScript code is present in the HTML, leaving the page vulnerable to framing attacks
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Test frame embedding capabilityAttempt to embed the RSA login page within an iframe on a test page hosted on a different domain. Observe whether the page loads successfully within the frameAffected if The application pages load successfully inside a cross-origin iframe, confirming the XFS vulnerability is present
If the product version falls within 7.0, 7.1, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, or 3.0 and the web interface lacks X-Frame-Options headers and framebusting protections, the environment is vulnerable to CVE-2012-2280.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to RSA Authentication Manager 7.1 SP4 P14 or later, and/or implement X-Frame-Options headers and framebusting code to prevent the application from being embedded in untrusted frames.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-2280 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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