CVE-2012-4733

Request Tracker (RT) 4.x before 4.0.13 does not properly enforce the DeleteTicket and "custom lifecycle transition" permission, which allows remote authenticated users with the ModifyTicket permission to delete tickets via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2013-08-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4733 is rated Moderate Risk (46.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4733

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 2025-03-30 0.81% 0.57% -0.24%
2 2025-03-29 0.57% 0.81% +0.24%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4733

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4733

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4733

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-4733 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-2012-4733
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4733 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (request-tracker3.8, request-tracker4), 26 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 12, not-affected 10, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4733

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4733

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 4.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4733

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