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CVE-2012-4731

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4731 describes an improper authorization vulnerability in Request Tracker's FAQ manager (RTFM) versions prior to 2.4.5. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to create arbitrary articles within any class, impacting data integrity. While the attack vector is network-based and low complexity, requiring authentication, there is no publicly available exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rtfm:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 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

lists.bestpractical.com / pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000212.html
lists.bestpractical.com / pipermail/rt-announce/2012-October/000215.html
secunia.com / advisories/51062
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/51111
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2568