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CVE-2012-2208

34
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2208 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Piwigo versions prior to 2.3.4, specifically within the upgrade.php script. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by manipulating the 'language' parameter with dot-dot-slash sequences to include and execute arbitrary local files. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing for potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:piwigo:piwigo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18782 · Apr 25, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0943 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2012-04/0196.html
Exploit
piwigo.org / bugs/view.php
piwigo.org / forum/viewtopic.php
piwigo.org / releases/2.3.4
secunia.com / advisories/48903
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/75185
htbridge.com / advisory/HTB23085
exploit-db.com / exploits/18782
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/53245
Exploit