CVE-2012-5454

medium
Published 2012-10-22 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
6.5

Description

user/index_inline_editor_submit.php in ATutor AContent 1.2-1 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary user passwords via a crafted request. NOTE: this might be due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5168.

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/51034

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
atutoracontent1.2

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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