CVE-2012-5242

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in functions/suggest.php in Banana Dance B.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the name parameter in a get_template action.

Published: 2014-10-21 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5242 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.77%). 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-2012-5242

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23573 exploit_db edb 2012-12-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5242

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 2026-06-06 5.12% 4.77% -0.35%
2 2025-06-04 3.23% 5.12% +1.89%
3 2025-03-30 — 3.23% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5242

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-2012-5242

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5242

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bananadance banana_dance <= b.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:bananadance:banana_dance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5242

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