CVE-2012-0896

Exp

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in download.php in the Count Per Day module before 3.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the f parameter.

Published: 2012-01-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0896 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.22%, 98th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +24.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-0896

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18355 exploit_db edb 2012-01-12 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0896

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.83% 25.22% +24.40%
2 2026-05-09 2.75% 0.83% -1.92%
3 2026-02-24 — 2.75% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0896

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0896

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0896

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
count_per_day_project count_per_day 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:count_per_day_project:count_per_day:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
count_per_day_project count_per_day 2.15 cpe:2.3:a:count_per_day_project:count_per_day:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
count_per_day_project count_per_day 2.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:count_per_day_project:count_per_day:2.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
count_per_day_project count_per_day 2.16 cpe:2.3:a:count_per_day_project:count_per_day:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tom_braider count_per_day <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:tom_braider:count_per_day:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tom_braider count_per_day 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:tom_braider:count_per_day:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0896

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