CVE-2012-2437
cookie_gen.php in ar web content manager (AWCM) 2.2 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to generate arbitrary cookies via the name parameter in conjunction with the content parameter.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
cookie_gen.php in ar web content manager (AWCM) 2.2 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to generate arbitrary cookies via the name parameter in conjunction with the content parameter.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 November 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- awcm-cms/ar web content manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0039.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117975/AWCM-2.2-Access-Bypass.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79926
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0039.htmlExploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117975/AWCM-2.2-Access-Bypass.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79926
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.