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CVE-2012-2438

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

ar web content manager (AWCM) 2.2 does not restrict the number of comment records that can be submitted through HTTP requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via the coment parameter to (1) show_video.php or (2) topic.php.

Affected products

• Awcm-Cms Ar Web Content Manager: 2.2

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0039.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117975/AWCM-2.2-Access-Bypass.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79927
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-11/0039.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/117975/AWCM-2.2-Access-Bypass.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79927

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