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CVE-2012-4506

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4506 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before version 3.1, specifically when wildcard repositories and a pattern matching "../" are enabled. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary repositories and potentially perform other actions by including "../" in a repository name. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sitaram_chamarty:gitolite:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0207 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/50896
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79130
github.com / sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2
groups.google.com / forum
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/2
securityfocus.com / bid/55853