CVE-2012-4878

Exp

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in controlcenter.php in FlatnuX CMS 2011 08.09.2 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the dir parameter in a contents/Files action.

Published: 2012-09-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4878 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.76%, 94th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.94% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4878

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37034 exploit_db edb 2012-04-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4878

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 2.82% 8.76% +5.94%
2 2026-05-08 6.42% 2.82% -3.60%
3 2026-02-19 — 6.42% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4878

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4878

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4878

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flatnux flatnux 2011-08-09-2 cpe:2.3:a:flatnux:flatnux:2011-08-09-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4878

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