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CVE-2012-2966· NVD / CVE Program· CNA certcc

Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, overwrites entries in the SERVER superglobal array on the basis of POST parameters, w

Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, overwrites entries in the SERVER superglobal array on the basis of POST parameters, which has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 12, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.6% · 75th percentile
CWE
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Action score

30

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
cauchoresin

Affected versions

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

  • caucho resinup to 4.0.28 inclusive
  • caucho resin2.0.0
  • caucho resin2.0.1
  • caucho resin2.0.2
  • caucho resin2.0.3
  • caucho resin2.0.4
  • caucho resin2.0.5
  • caucho resin2.1.0
  • caucho resin2.1.1
  • caucho resin2.1.10
  • caucho resin2.1.11
  • caucho resin2.1.12
  • caucho resin2.1.13
  • caucho resin2.1.14
  • caucho resin2.1.15
  • caucho resin2.1.16
  • caucho resin2.1.2
  • caucho resin2.1.3
  • caucho resin2.1.4
  • caucho resin2.1.5

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Mavencom.caucho:resinbefore 4.0.294.0.29

Same product

caucho: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2021-44138There is a Directory traversal vulnerability in Caucho Resin, as distributed in Resin 4.0.52 - 4.0.56, which allows remote attackers to read
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2012-2967Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, does not properly implement the == (equals sign equals sign) operator for comparisons
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2012-2965Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, does not properly handle unspecified characters in the names of variables, which has
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2012-2969Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filename extensions for cr
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2012-2968Directory traversal vulnerability in Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, allows remote attackers to create files in arbit
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2004-0281Caucho Technology Resin 2.1.12 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information and view the contents of the /WEB-INF/ directory via an
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Maven:com.caucho:resin4.0.29Package registry (OSV)

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

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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

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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

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