What is CVE-2012-5872?

CVE-2012-5872 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arc2 Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-26.

How severe is CVE-2012-5872?

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

SQL Injection in Arc2 Project

CVE-2012-5872

ARC (aka ARC2) through 2011-12-01 allows blind SQL Injection in getTriplePatternSQL in ARC2_StoreSelectQueryHandler.php via comments in a SPARQL WHERE clause.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-04-26 · 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: 0.008 (53.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Arc2 Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.ush.it/2012/11/22/arc-v2011-12-01-multiple-vulnerabilities/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5872?: CVE-2012-5872 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Arc2 Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-26.
How severe is CVE-2012-5872?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.