CVE-2012-5386

medium
Published 2012-10-11 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in index.php in phpPaleo 4.8b180 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the phppaleo4_lang cookie, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1671. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

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/48398

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
nicolas_tormophppaleo4.8b180

References

CWEs

CWE-22

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