CVE-2012-1468

Exp

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allows remote authenticated users with the Author Role permission to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension that is not ".php", then accessing it via a direct request to the file in submission/original/ in the associated article directory, as demonstrated using .pHp, .asp, and other extensions.

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-2012-1468 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.66%, 94th percentile). 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-2012-1468

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37001 exploit_db edb 2012-03-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1468

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 2026-05-08 12.47% 12.66% +0.19%
2 2026-03-13 4.46% 12.47% +8.01%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.46% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1468

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1468

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-1468

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-1468 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-2012-1468

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2012-1468

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/184.html 'CWE-184: Incomplete Blacklist'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1468

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

References for CVE-2012-1468

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