CVE-2012-5223

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 40.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The proc_deutf function in includes/functions_vbseocp_abstract.php in vBSEO 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.6.0, and earlier allows remote attackers to insert and execute arbitrary PHP code via "complex curly syntax" in the char_repl parameter, which is inserted into a regular expression that is processed by the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

Affected products

Crawlability Vbseo: through 3.6.0; 2.0.0, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.4.0 (+28)

References

http://osvdb.org/78508
http://secunia.com/advisories/47699
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18424
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51647
http://www.vbseo.com/f5/vbseo-security-bulletin-all-supported-versions-patch-release-52783/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72689
http://osvdb.org/78508
http://secunia.com/advisories/47699
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18424
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51647
http://www.vbseo.com/f5/vbseo-security-bulletin-all-supported-versions-patch-release-52783/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72689

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