CVE-2012-1633

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Password Policy module before 6.x-1.4 and 7.x-1.0 beta3 for Drupal allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrative users for requests that unblock a user.

Published: 2012-09-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1633 is rated Exploit Available (54.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 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-2012-1633

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1633

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 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.17% +0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.17% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-03-17 0.17%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1633

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-2012-1633

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1633

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 6.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
erikwebb password_policy 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:erikwebb:password_policy:7.x-1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1633

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