CVE-2012-2435
Directory traversal vulnerability in the captcha module in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.55%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the captcha module in Pligg CMS before 1.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the captcha parameter to module.php, as demonstrated by cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 75th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- pligg/pligg cms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://forums.pligg.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2440
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23089Exploit
- http://forums.pligg.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=15
- http://pligg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pligg?view=revision&revision=2440
- https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23089Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.