CVE-2012-4997

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in acp/index.php in AneCMS allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter.

Published: 2012-09-19 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4997 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.82%). 3 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-2012-4997

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18559 exploit_db edb 2012-03-04 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4997

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 4.25% 2.82% -1.43%
2 2026-05-21 5.34% 4.25% -1.09%
3 2026-01-29 — 5.34% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4997

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4997

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4997

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
anecms anecms — cpe:2.3:a:anecms:anecms:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
anecms anecms 2e2c583 cpe:2.3:a:anecms:anecms:2e2c583:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4997

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