CVE-2012-1790

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Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Webgrind 1.0 and 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to index.php.

Published: 2012-03-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1790 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.19%, 91th percentile). 4 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-2012-1790

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18523 exploit_db edb 2012-02-25 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1790

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 11.89% 5.19% -6.70%
2 2026-04-24 11.76% 11.89% +0.13%
3 2026-02-08 — 11.76% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1790

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1790

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1790

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webgrind_project webgrind 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:webgrind_project:webgrind:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1790

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