Is CVE-2012-1840 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1840 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1840?

CVE-2012-1840 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-1840

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD

AjaXplorer 3.2.x before 3.2.5 and 4.0.x before 4.0.4 does not properly perform cookie authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain login access by leveraging knowledge of a password hash.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-287
EPSS score: 1.9% (80th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-1850)
Published: March 22, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1850 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer
ajaxplorer / ajaxplorer

References

http://ajaxplorer.info/ajaxplorer-4-0-4/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/504019(US Government Resource)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74305

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

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