CVE-2012-2109

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-load.php in the BuddyPress plugin 1.5.x before 1.5.5 of WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter in an activity_widget_filter action.

Published: 2012-09-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2109 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.46%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2109

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18690 exploit_db edb 2012-03-31 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2109

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 2.38% 3.46% +1.08%
2 2026-05-06 2.88% 2.38% -0.50%
3 2025-03-30 2.88%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2109

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
buddypress buddypress 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
buddypress buddypress 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:buddypress:buddypress:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2109

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