CVE-2012-4731

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% 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

FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors.

Affected products

bestpractical Rtfm: through 2.4.3; 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.4.2

References

http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000215.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51062
http://secunia.com/advisories/51111
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2568
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000215.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51062
http://secunia.com/advisories/51111
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2568

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