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CVE-2012-2740

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2740 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in phpList versions prior to 2.10.18. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by manipulating the 'sortby' parameter within a 'find' action in the admin interface. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, and denial of service. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code exists (EDB-18639), and its FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100 indicates a high potential for impact, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.10.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phplist:phplist:2.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18639 · Mar 21, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0333 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

securitytracker.com / id
mantis.phplist.com / view.php
phplist.com
PatchVendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/18639
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/06/16/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/06/17/2
securityfocus.com / bid/52657
Exploit
zeroscience.mk / en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5081.php