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CVE-2012-5454 (GCVE-0-2012-5454)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-22 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:05

Summary

user/index_inline_editor_submit.php in ATutor AContent 1.2-1 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary user passwords via a crafted request. NOTE: this might be due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5168.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2290 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56237	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/51034	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23117	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2012-10-18 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2012-5454

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-10-22 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:46

Severity

Summary

References

URL	Tags
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23117	Exploit

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	atutor	acontent	1.2

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GHSA-2976-6MFC-XMP6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 05:12 – Updated: 2022-05-17 05:12

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GSD-2012-5454

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

Aliases

CVE-2012-5454

Aliases

CVE-2012-5454

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            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 8.0,
          "impactScore": 6.4,
          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
          "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
          "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
          "severity": "MEDIUM",
          "userInteractionRequired": false
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2013-04-11T03:31Z",
      "publishedDate": "2012-10-22T23:55Z"
    }
  }
}

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