CVE-2012-6522

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the getContent function in codes/wcms.php in w-CMS 2.01 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the p parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

W-Cms: 2.01

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47527
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18348
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18711
http://www.osvdb.org/80974
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51359
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72302
http://secunia.com/advisories/47527
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18348
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18711
http://www.osvdb.org/80974
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51359
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72302

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