GHSA-fw3x-2pr2-5j64 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — GeSHi vulnerable to Directory Traversal
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the cssgen contrib module in GeSHi before 1.0.8.11 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) geshi-path or (2) geshi-lang-path parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-3521 is rated Exploit Available (58.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.54%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-05-30 | 0.64% | 0.54% | -0.10% |
| 2 | 2025-09-09 | 0.87% | 0.64% | -0.23% |
| 3 | 2025-04-28 | — | 0.87% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-fw3x-2pr2-5j64 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — GeSHi vulnerable to Directory Traversal
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2012-3521 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (geshi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3521 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2012-3521 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (geshi), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 14, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3521 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| qbnz | geshi | <= 1.0.8.10 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbnz | geshi | 1.0.8.4 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbnz | geshi | 1.0.8.5 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbnz | geshi | 1.0.8.6 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbnz | geshi | 1.0.8.7 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbnz | geshi | 1.0.8.8 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| qbnz | geshi | 1.0.8.9 | cpe:2.3:a:qbnz:geshi:1.0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |