CVE-2012-5168

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

ATutor AContent before 1.2-1 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary user passwords or category names via a direct request to (1) user/index_inline_editor_submit.php or (2) course_category/index_inline_editor_submit.php.

Affected products

ATutor Acontent: through 1.2

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0095.html
http://osvdb.org/86428
http://secunia.com/advisories/51014
http://secunia.com/advisories/51034
http://update.atutor.ca/acontent/patch/1_2/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56100
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79461
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79462
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23117
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-10/0095.html
http://osvdb.org/86428
http://secunia.com/advisories/51014

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