CVE-2012-5168 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ATutor AContent before 1.2-1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary user passwords or category names via a direct request to (1) user/index_inline_editor_submit.php or (2) course_category/index_inline_editor_submit.php.

Published: 2012-10-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:atutor:acontent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5091	ATutor AContent before 1.2-1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary user passwords or category names via a direct request to (1) user/index_inline_editor_submit.php or (2) course_category/index_inline_editor_submit.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01774.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0095.html
http://osvdb.org/86428
http://secunia.com/advisories/51014
http://secunia.com/advisories/51034
http://update.atutor.ca/acontent/patch/1_2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56100
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79461
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79462
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23117

History

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Subscriptions

Atutor Acontent

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-10-22T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:58:02.867Z

Reserved: 2012-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5168

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-22T23:55:10.040

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-5168

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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