What is CVE-2012-4554?

CVE-2012-4554 is a vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-11-11.

Is CVE-2012-4554 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Drupal

CVE-2012-4554

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XRDS file.

Published 2012-11-11 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.158 (96.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.158 · newest: 0.158 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Drupal — versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710 (Patch)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4 (mailing-list)
drupal.org/node/1815912 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-4554?: CVE-2012-4554 is a vulnerability in Drupal, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-11-11.
Is CVE-2012-4554 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.