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CVE-2012-2770

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Authen::ExternalAuth extension before 0.11 for Best Practical Solutions RT allows remote attackers to obtain a logged-in session via unspecified vectors related to the "URL of a RSS feed of the user."

Affected products

• Mike Peachey Authen::Externalauth: through 0.08; 0.05

References

• http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-July/000208.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50060
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54681
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77213
• http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-July/000208.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50060
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54681
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77213

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