CVE-2012-5453

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in user/index_inline_editor_submit.php in ATutor AContent 1.2-1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the field parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5167.

Published: 2012-10-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5453 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.74%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.23% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5453

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22160 exploit_db edb 2012-10-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5453

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 0.51% 2.74% +2.23%
2 2026-03-02 0.66% 0.51% -0.16%
3 2026-01-31 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5453

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
atutor acontent 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:atutor:acontent:1.2:1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5453

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