CVE-2012-2626
cgi-bin/admin.cgi in the web console in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) before 9.5.0 does not require token authentication, which allows remote attackers to add administrative accounts via a userprefs action.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 44.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
cgi-bin/admin.cgi in the web console in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) before 9.5.0 does not require token authentication, which allows remote attackers to add administrative accounts via a userprefs action.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 44.46% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 July 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- sonicwall/scrutinizer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 44.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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://www.plixer.com/Press-Releases/plixer-releases-9-5-2.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-014.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.plixer.com/Press-Releases/plixer-releases-9-5-2.htmlBroken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-014.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.