CVE-2012-4731 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00306.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.2:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Bestpractical Subscribe	Rtfm Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2568-1	rtfm security update
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4656	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000215.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51062
http://secunia.com/advisories/51111
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2568

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-11T11:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:38:59.663Z

Reserved: 2012-08-29T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-4731

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-11-11T13:00:59.307

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4731

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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