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CVE-2012-1557

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1557 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Parallels Plesk Panel versions 7.x through 10.3.x, specifically within the admin/plib/api-rpc/Agent.php component. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability was actively exploited in the wild in March 2012, notably in DarkLeech web server attacks, and has received some media coverage and community discussion, though no public exploit code is readily available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_plesk_panel:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0604 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

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

download1.parallels.com / Plesk/PP10/parallels-plesk-panel-10-linux-updates-release-notes.html
download1.parallels.com / Plesk/PP10/parallels-plesk-panel-10-windows-updates-release-notes.html
kb.parallels.com / en/113321
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/48262
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/73628
cert.fi / haavoittuvuudet/2012/haavoittuvuus-2012-035.html
h-online.com / security/news/item/Bug-in-Plesk-administration-software-is-being-actively-exploited-1446587.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/08/3
osvdb.org / 79769
securityfocus.com / bid/52267
securitytracker.com / id