CVE-2012-2227

high
Published 2012-08-26 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in update/index.php in PluXml before 5.1.6 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a ..%2F (encoded dot dot slash) in the default_lang parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/49026

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
pluxmlpluxml{"endIncluding":"5.1.5"}

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.