CVE-2012-3521
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.2%EU EUVD
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the cssgen contrib module in GeSHi before 1.0.8.11 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) geshi-path or (2) geshi-lang-path parameter.
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
- 3.2% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3476)
- Published
- June 13, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3476 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- qbnz / geshi
- qbnz / geshi
- qbnz / geshi
- qbnz / geshi
- qbnz / geshi
- qbnz / geshi
- qbnz / geshi
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105247.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105273.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105317.html
- http://sourceforge.net/p/geshi/code/2507/(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/11
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685324
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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