What is CVE-2012-5618?

CVE-2012-5618 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ushahidi, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2012-5618?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ushahidi

CVE-2012-5618

Ushahidi before 2.6.1 has insufficient entropy for forgot-password tokens.

Published 2020-02-04 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ushahidi — versions before 2.6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/1 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ushahidi/Ushahidi_Web/commit/e8c7ecd42818c331db8945d20f8b1865bc6d157e (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5618?: CVE-2012-5618 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ushahidi, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2012-5618?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.