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CVE-2012-4954

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The edit-profile page in Vanilla Forums before 2.1a32 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary profile settings by replacing the UserID value during a man-in-the-middle attack, related to a "parameter manipulation" issue.

Affected products

• Vanilla Forums: through 2.0.18.4; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+33)
• vanilla forums: through 2.1

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611988
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56483
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80000
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611988
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56483
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80000

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