CVE-2012-4495

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Mime Mail module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal does not properly restrict access to files outside Drupal's publish files directory, which allows remote authenticated users to send arbitrary files as attachments.

Affected products

Mime Mail Module Project Mimemail: 6.x-1.0, 6.x-1.0-alpha1, 6.x-1.0-alpha2, 6.x-1.0-alpha3, 6.x-1.0-alpha4, 6.x-1.0-alpha5 (+6)

References

http://drupal.org/node/1719446
http://drupal.org/node/1719482
http://drupalcode.org/project/mimemail.git/commitdiff/ae065d1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54914
http://drupal.org/node/1719446
http://drupal.org/node/1719482
http://drupalcode.org/project/mimemail.git/commitdiff/ae065d1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54914

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