CVE-2012-6554

medium
Published 2013-05-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
6.5

Description

functions/html_to_text.php in the Chat module before 1.5.2 for activeCollab allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary PHP code via the message[message_text] parameter to chat/add_messag, which is not properly handled when executing the preg_replace function with the eval switch.

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://www.activecollab.com/downloads/category/4/package/62/releases

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/49246

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.0
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.1
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.1.1
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.2
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.3
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.3.2
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.4
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.4.1
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.5
a51devactivecollab_chat_module1.5.1

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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