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CVE-2012-2435

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-05-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2012-2435
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.59%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the captcha module in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the captcha parameter to module.php, as demonstrated by cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.