CVE-2012-0998

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in account/preferences.php in LEPTON before 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the language parameter.

Published: 2012-02-24 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0998 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-0998

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0998

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 2025-10-21 0.58% 0.31% -0.27%
2 2025-03-30 0.70% 0.58% -0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0998

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0998

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0998

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lepton-cms lepton <= 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lepton-cms lepton 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lepton-cms lepton 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
lepton-cms lepton 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:lepton-cms:lepton:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0998

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