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CVE-2012-4487

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4487 describes a vulnerability in the Drupal Subuser module (versions prior to 6.x-1.8) that allows authenticated parent users to bypass "switch subuser" permissions and elevate their privileges by switching to a subuser they created. This low-severity flaw has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in a partial impact to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.x-1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boombatower:subuser:6.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

drupal.org / node/1700550
Patch
drupal.org / node/1700584
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1