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CVE-2012-6141

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The App::Context module 0.01 through 0.968 for Perl does not properly use the Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to (1) App::Session::Cookie or (2) App::Session::HTMLHidden, which is not properly handled when it is deserialized.

Affected products

• Stephen Adkins App::Context: 0.01, 0.93, 0.95, 0.96, 0.961, 0.962 (+7)

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/318
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84198
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/318
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84198

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