CVE-2012-2227

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in update/index.php in PluXml before 5.1.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..%2F (encoded dot dot slash) in the default_lang parameter.

Published: 2012-08-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2227 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.42%, 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-2012-2227

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18828 exploit_db edb 2012-05-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2227

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 2026-04-27 20.50% 14.42% -6.08%
2 2025-03-30 24.72% 20.50% -4.22%
3 2025-03-29 — 24.72% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2227

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-2012-2227

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2227

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pluxml pluxml <= 5.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:pluxml:pluxml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2227

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