CVE-2012-2315

Exp

admin/Auth in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions before 5.1.8-2 does not properly enforce privileges for changing user roles, which allows remote authenticated users to assign administrator privileges to arbitrary users via the userEdit action.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2315 is rated High Exploit Risk (62/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.21%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2012-2315

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18888 exploit_db edb 2012-01-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2315

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 2026-05-11 8.34% 7.21% -1.13%
2 2025-10-18 11.84% 8.34% -3.50%
3 2025-03-30 11.84%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2315

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2315

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2315

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openkm openkm <= 5.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openkm openkm 5.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm:5.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2315

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