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CVE-2012-4495

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4495 describes an access restriction bypass vulnerability in the Mime Mail module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal. This flaw allows authenticated users to attach arbitrary files located outside Drupal's public files directory to emails. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (medium severity), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of modifying data (sending unauthorized attachments). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mime_mail_module_project:mimemail:6.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mime_mail_module_project:mimemail:6.x-1.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mime_mail_module_project:mimemail:6.x-1.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mime_mail_module_project:mimemail:6.x-1.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mime_mail_module_project:mimemail:6.x-1.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0120 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 21,954 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

drupalcode.org / project/mimemail.git/commitdiff/ae065d1
drupal.org / node/1719446
Patch
drupal.org / node/1719482
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
securityfocus.com / bid/54914