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CVE-2012-2671

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2671 describes a vulnerability in the Rack::Cache rubygem versions 0.3.0 through 1.1, where sensitive HTTP headers like Set-Cookie are improperly cached, affecting the rtomayko rack-cache product. This allows attackers to potentially obtain sensitive cookie information, hijack web sessions, or cause other unspecified impacts by accessing the cache. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it represents a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without authentication, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rtomayko:rack-cach:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rtomayko:rack-cach:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rtomayko:rack-cach:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rtomayko:rack-cach:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rtomayko:rack-cach:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 68th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rack-cacheFixed in: 1.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-hrp6-w4v2-8737medium

Rack-Cache caches sensitive headers

May 17, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081812.html
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / rtomayko/rack-cache/blob/master/CHANGES
github.com / rtomayko/rack-cache/commit/2e3a64d07daac4c757cc57620f2288e865a09b90
github.com / rtomayko/rack-cache/pull/52
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/06/06/8