{"id":"CVE-2012-2626","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-2626","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T08:12:37.241Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2012-07-31T10:45:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:41:46.000Z","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":["sonicwall/scrutinizer"],"epss":{"score":0.44458,"percentile":0.98768,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-07-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":37549,"kind":"exploit","title":"Scrutinizer 9.0.1.19899 - HTTP Authentication Bypass","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37549","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/cgi/webapps/37549.txt","file":"exploits/cgi/webapps/37549.txt","published":"2012-07-30","added":"2012-07-30","updated":"2015-07-10","author":"Mario Ceballos","type":"webapps","platform":"cgi","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2012-2626","OSVDB-84318"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54727/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.plixer.com/Press-Releases/plixer-releases-9-5-2.html","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-014.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.plixer.com/Press-Releases/plixer-releases-9-5-2.html","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-014.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2626","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."}