CVE-2012-1216

Exp

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in admin.php in PBBoard 2.1.4 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) upload a file via an add action or (2) change the contents of a file via a dit action.

Published: 2012-02-21 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1216 is rated Exploit Available (55.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.16%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1216

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1216

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 2026-03-21 0.12% 0.16% +0.04%
2 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.12% -0.04%
3 2024-03-15 0.16%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1216

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pbboard pbboard 2.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:pbboard:pbboard:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1216

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