CVE-2012-2227
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 9.8%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in update/index.php in PluXml before 5.1.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..%2F (encoded dot dot slash) in the default_lang parameter.
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-22
- EPSS score
- 9.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2221)
- Published
- August 26, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2221 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pluxml / pluxml
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0011.html
- http://osvdb.org/81638
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49026(Vendor Advisory)
- http://telechargements.pluxml.org/changelog
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18828(Exploit)
- http://www.pluxml.org/article59/sortie-de-pluxml-5-1-6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53348
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75330
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23086
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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