CVE-2012-5701

Exp

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in dotProject before 2.1.7 allow remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) search_string or (2) where parameter in a contacts action, (3) dept_id parameter in a departments action, (4) project_id[] parameter in a project action, or (5) company_id parameter in a system action to index.php. NOTE: this can be leveraged using CSRF to allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands.

Published: 2014-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5701 is rated Exploit Available (57.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.68%). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5701

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38042 exploit_db edb 2012-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5701

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 2.31% 0.68% -1.62%
2 2026-06-05 2.69% 2.31% -0.38%
3 2026-03-30 2.69%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5701

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-2012-5701

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5701

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dotproject dotproject <= 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:dotproject:dotproject:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5701

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