CVE-2012-4253

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MySQLDumper 1.24.4 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) language parameter to learn/cubemail/install.php or (2) f parameter learn/cubemail/filemanagement.php, or execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the (3) config parameter to learn/cubemail/menu.php.

Published: 2012-08-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4253 is rated High Exploit Risk (61/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 30.16%, 97th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2012-4253

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37129 exploit_db edb 2012-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
37126 exploit_db edb 2012-04-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4253

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 2026-04-14 49.70% 30.16% -19.54%
2 2026-01-23 62.72% 49.70% -13.02%
3 2025-10-26 — 62.72% —

Full EPSS history (37 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4253

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4253

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4253

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mysqldumper mysqldumper 1.24.4 cpe:2.3:a:mysqldumper:mysqldumper:1.24.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4253

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