MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-6651

Vitamin vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the Vitamin plugin before 1.1.0 for WordPress allow remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter to (1) add_headers.php or (2) minify.php.
Affected vendor
Vitamin Plugin Project
Affected product
Vitamin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-07-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-6651

  • Confirm whether Vitamin Plugin Project Vitamin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-6651.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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