CVE-2012-2956

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SQL injection vulnerability in SpiceWorks 5.3.75941 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter to api_v2.json. NOTE: this entry was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6658 is for the XSS.

Published: 2014-09-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2956 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.81%). Core evidence: 3 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-2012-2956

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20063 exploit_db edb 2012-07-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2956

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 2026-05-03 0.91% 0.81% -0.11%
2 2025-03-30 0.99% 0.91% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 0.99%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2956

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spiceworks spiceworks 5.3.75941 cpe:2.3:a:spiceworks:spiceworks:5.3.75941:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2956

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