Is CVE-2012-1790 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1790 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1790?

CVE-2012-1790 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-1790

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in Webgrind 1.0 and 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the file parameter to index.php.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 4.8% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1800)
Published: March 19, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1800 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

webgrind project / webgrind

References

http://code.google.com/p/webgrind/issues/detail?id=66(Third Party Advisory)
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/110216(Exploit)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18523(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5075.php(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73509(VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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