CVE-2012-5231 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 85)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
miniCMS 1.0 and 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted (1) pagename or (2) area variable containing an executable extension, which is not properly handled by (a) update.php when writing files to content/, or (b) updatenews.php when writing files to content/news/.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.66% — more likely to be exploited than 85% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-10-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| jessgramp | minicms |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MiniCMS 1.0/2.0 - PHP Code Injection | 2012-01-22 |
References
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