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CVE-2012-0216

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The default configuration of the apache2 package in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze before 2.2.16-6+squeeze7, wheezy before 2.2.22-4, and sid before 2.2.22-4, when mod_php or mod_rivet is used, provides example scripts under the doc/ URI, which might allow local users to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, gain privileges, or obtain sensitive information via vectors involving localhost HTTP requests to the Apache HTTP Server.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2452
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75211
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2452
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75211

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