CVE-2012-2714 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the BrowserID (Mozilla Persona) module for Drupal, specifically versions 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users by manipulating the audience identifier. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:browserid_project:browserid:7.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:* | ||
7.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:browserid_project:browserid:7.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:* | ||
7.x-1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:browserid_project:browserid:7.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.