CVE-2012-5685

Exp

SQL injection vulnerability in ZPanel 10.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the inEmailAddress parameter in an UpdateClient action in the manage_clients module to the default URI.

Published: 2014-08-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5685 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.33%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.79% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5685

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22490 exploit_db edb 2012-11-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5685

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 0.55% 2.33% +1.79%
2 2026-03-03 0.63% 0.55% -0.09%
3 2026-01-19 0.63%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5685

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zpanelcp zpanel <= 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:zpanelcp:zpanel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5685

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