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CVE-2012-2226

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2226 is a critical vulnerability affecting Invision Power Board versions prior to 3.3.1, stemming from insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input. This flaw allows remote attackers to upload malicious files, potentially leading to sensitive information disclosure or arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a high-impact threat with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry for Local File Inclusion exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:invisioncommunity:invision_power_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-18736 · Apr 13, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0736 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74855
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/52998
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry