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CVE-2012-4954· NVD / CVE Program· CNA certcc

The edit-profile page in Vanilla Forums before 2.1a32 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary profile settings by replacing th

The edit-profile page in Vanilla Forums before 2.1a32 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary profile settings by replacing the UserID value during a man-in-the-middle attack, related to a "parameter manipulation" issue.

LowCVSS 3.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 15, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.1% · 63th percentile
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Action score

14

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
vanillaforumsvanilla
vanillaforumsvanilla forums

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • vanillaforums vanillaup to 2.0.18.4 inclusive
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.0
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.1
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.10
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.11
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.12
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.13
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.14
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.15
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.16
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.16.1
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.1
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.10
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.2
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.3
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.4
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.5
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.6
  • vanillaforums vanilla2.0.17.7

Same product

vanillaforums: all records

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    40Plan
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    32Monitor
  • CVE-2011-3613An issue exists in Vanilla Forums before 2.0.17.9 due to the way cookies are handled.
    31Monitor
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    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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