CVE-2012-4731

FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes 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-2012-4731 is rated Moderate Risk (43.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). EPSS rose +1.36% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4731

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 0.31% 1.66% +1.36%
2 2025-03-30 0.47% 0.31% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.47% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4731

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-2012-4731

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4731

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4731 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-2012-4731
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4731 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rtfm), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4731

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4731

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical rtfm <= 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rtfm 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rtfm 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rtfm 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rtfm 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rtfm 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rtfm 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4731

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