CVE-2012-4528
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 12.4%EU EUVD
The mod_security2 module before 2.7.0 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to bypass rules, and deliver arbitrary POST data to a PHP application, via a multipart request in which an invalid part precedes the crafted data.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 12.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4456)
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4456 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- trustwave / modsecurity
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-November/093011.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/branches/2.7.x/CHANGES(Broken Link)
- http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security/m2/trunk/apache2/msc_multipart.c?sortby=date&r1=2081&r2=2080&pathrev=2081(Broken Link)
- http://mod-security.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/mod-security?view=revision&sortby=date&revision=2081(Broken Link)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/113(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/14(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.sec-consult.com/fxdata/seccons/prod/temedia/advisories_txt/20121017-0_mod_security_ruleset_bypass.txt(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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