CVE-2012-4915

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Google Doc Embedder plugin before 2.5.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to libs/pdf.php.

Published: 2014-05-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4915 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 77.36%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-4915

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23970 exploit_db edb 2013-01-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4915

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 2025-04-13 80.56% 77.36% -3.21%
2 2025-03-23 79.57% 80.56% +0.99%
3 2025-03-17 — 79.57% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4915

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-2012-4915

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4915

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
davistribe google_doc_embedder <= 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
davistribe google_doc_embedder 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:davistribe:google_doc_embedder:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4915

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