CVE-2012-4553

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and possibly re-install Drupal and execute arbitrary PHP code via an external database server, related to "transient conditions."

Affected products

Drupal: 7.0, 7.0-alpha1, 7.0-alpha2, 7.0-alpha3, 7.0-alpha4, 7.0-alpha5 (+25)

References

http://drupal.org/node/1815904
http://drupal.org/node/1815912
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5
http://drupal.org/node/1815904
http://drupal.org/node/1815912
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5

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