CVE-2012-6500

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.lib.php in Pragyan CMS 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileget parameter in a profile action to index.php.

Published: 2013-01-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6500 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.39%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-6500

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18347 exploit_db edb 2012-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6500

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 12.79% 3.39% -9.40%
2 2026-05-08 7.45% 12.79% +5.34%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.45% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6500

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6500

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6500

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms <= 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.5.12 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.5.13 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.5.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.5.14 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.5.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pragyan_cms_project pragyan_cms 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:pragyan_cms_project:pragyan_cms:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6500

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