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CVE-2012-5231

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.66% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-10-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2012-5231
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.66%

Original NVD Description

miniCMS 1.0 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) pagename or (2) area variable containing an executable extension, which is not properly handled by (a) update.php when writing files to content/, or (b) updatenews.php when writing files to content/news/.