{"id":"CVE-2012-2437","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2437","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:04.973Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2012-11-26T12:45:22.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:41:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["awcm-cms/ar web content manager"],"epss":{"score":0.02434,"percentile":0.84153,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-11-08","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":38015,"kind":"exploit","title":"AR Web Content Manager (AWCM) - 'cookie_gen.php' Arbitrary Cookie Generation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38015","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/38015.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/38015.txt","published":"2012-11-08","added":"2012-11-08","updated":"2017-10-20","author":"Sooel Son","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-2437","OSVDB-87922"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56465/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0039.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117975/AWCM-2.2-Access-Bypass.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79926","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0039.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117975/AWCM-2.2-Access-Bypass.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79926","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2437","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}