CVE-2012-5547

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Search API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) enable a server via a server action or (2) enable a search index via an enable index action.

Published: 2012-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5547 is rated Low Risk (37.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5547

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 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.13% -0.03%
2 2024-09-17 0.10% 0.16% +0.06%
3 2024-02-08 0.10%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5547

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-2012-5547

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5547

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:thomas_seidl:search_api:7.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5547

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