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CVE-2012-4731: bestpractical rtfm

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-4731DSA-2568-1
Published 11-11-2012Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-4731 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in bestpractical rtfm. EPSS estimates a 1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
16/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-11-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.66% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • request-tracker4< 4.0.7-2
  • rtfm< 2.4.2-4+squeeze2
Bestpractical1 product
  • rtfm≤ 2.4.3 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.4.0 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2

2 vendors · 3 products

References

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