Vulnerability in Elgg
CVE-2012-6563
engine/lib/access.php in Elgg before 1.8.5 does not properly clear cached access lists during plugin boot, which allows remote attackers to read private entities via unspecified vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (67.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.8% 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
- Elgg — versions 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- blog.elgg.org/pg/blog/evan/read/209/elgg-185-released (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/49129 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- elgg.org/getelgg.php (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53623 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75757 (vdb-entry)