CVE-2012-5453

medium

Published 2012-10-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in user/index_inline_editor_submit.php in ATutor AContent 1.2-1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the field parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-5167.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-22160 webapps php

High-Tech Bridge SA · 2012-10-22

ATutor 1.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
atutor	acontent	`1.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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