CVE-2012-4730

Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.15 and 4.0.x before 4.0.8 allows remote authenticated users with ModifySelf or AdminUser privileges to inject arbitrary email headers and conduct phishing attacks or obtain sensitive information via unknown vectors.

Published: 2012-11-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4730 is rated Low Risk (38.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). EPSS rose +1.09% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4730

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 2026-06-15 0.18% 1.27% +1.09%
2 2025-03-17 0.10% 0.18% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4730

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4730

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4730

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4730 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (request-tracker4), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4730
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4730 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 30 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 14, not-affected 8, released 5, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4730

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4730

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:preflight1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:preflight0:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.8:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.13 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 3.8.14 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:3.8.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.0:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.8:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4730

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