CSRF in Drupal

CVE-2012-5547

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Search API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) enable a server via a server action or (2) enable a search index via an enable index action.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2012-12-03 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Drupal
Thomas Seidl Search API — versions 7.x-1.0, 7.x-1.1, 7.x-1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

drupal.org/node/1815770 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
drupal.org/node/1815124 (Patch)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4 (mailing-list)