CVE-2012-5588

The Email Field module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.3 for Drupal, when using a field permission module and the field contact field formatter is set to the full or teaser display mode, does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to email the stored address via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2012-12-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5588 is rated Low Risk (33.4/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5588

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 0.21% 1.16% +0.95%
2 2025-03-17 0.32% 0.21% -0.11%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5588

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5588

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
epiqo email 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:epiqo:email:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
epiqo email 6.x-1.0 cpe:2.3:a:epiqo:email:6.x-1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
epiqo email 6.x-1.1 cpe:2.3:a:epiqo:email:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
epiqo email 6.x-1.2 cpe:2.3:a:epiqo:email:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
epiqo email 6.x-1.x cpe:2.3:a:epiqo:email:6.x-1.x:dev:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5588

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