CVE-2012-1833

Exp

VMware SpringSource Grails before 1.3.8, and 2.x before 2.0.2, does not properly restrict data binding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and modify arbitrary object properties via a crafted request parameter to an application.

Published: 2012-09-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-1833 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.43%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.24% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-1833

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-1833

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 0.19% 1.43% +1.24%
2 2025-09-14 0.28% 0.19% -0.09%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-1833

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-1833

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-1833

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
springsource grails <= 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
springsource grails 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:springsource:grails:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-1833

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