CVE-2012-5168

Exp

ATutor AContent before 1.2-1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary user passwords or category names via a direct request to (1) user/index_inline_editor_submit.php or (2) course_category/index_inline_editor_submit.php.

Published: 2012-10-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5168 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.38%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.60% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5168

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5168

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 1.79% 3.38% +1.60%
2 2026-03-02 3.73% 1.79% -1.95%
3 2025-07-24 3.73%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5168

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-2012-5168

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5168

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atutor acontent <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:atutor:acontent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5168

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