CVE-2012-1467

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iBrowser plugin library, as used in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7, allow remote authenticated users to (1) delete or (2) rename arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the param parameter to lib/pkp/lib/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/ibrowser/scripts/rfiles.php.

Published: 2012-09-06 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1467 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.00%). 2 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-2012-1467

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37002 exploit_db edb 2012-03-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1467

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 3.06% 3.00% -0.05%
2 2026-05-08 4.06% 3.06% -1.00%
3 2026-03-13 — 4.06% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1467

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1467

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1467

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1467 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ojs), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): DNE 5, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1467

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1467

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pkp open_journal_systems <= 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:pkp:open_journal_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1467

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