CVE-2012-5178

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Welcart plugin before 1.2.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that complete a purchase.

Published: 2012-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5178 is rated Moderate Risk (49.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5178

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 0.10% 1.07% +0.97%
2 2025-03-30 0.19% 0.10% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5178

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5178

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5178

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
welcart welcart_plugin <= 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
welcart welcart_plugin 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
welcart welcart_plugin 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:welcart:welcart_plugin:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5178

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