CVE-2012-4487

The Subuser module before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal does not properly check "switch subuser" permissions, which allows remote authenticated parent users to change their role by switching to a subuser they created.

Published: 2012-11-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4487 is rated Low Risk (28.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4487

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 2025-03-17 0.14% 0.17% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 1.13% 0.14% -1.00%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.13% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4487

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-2012-4487

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4487

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boombatower subuser <= 6.x-1.7 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.3 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.4 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.5 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.6 cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boombatower subuser 6.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4487

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