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CVE-2012-2966

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-2966 describes a vulnerability in Caucho Quercus, specifically in Resin versions prior to 4.0.29, where POST parameters can overwrite entries in the SERVER superglobal array. This allows for remote attack vectors with unspecified but potentially significant impact, as reflected by its CVSS score of 7.5 (high severity) indicating possible compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:caucho:resin:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0162 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.caucho:resinFixed in: 4.0.29

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-g5fx-ccwv-5c4fhigh

Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin, overwrites entries in SERVER superglobal array on basis of POST parameters

May 17, 2022

References

caucho.com / resin-4.0/changes/changes.xtp
en.securitylab.ru / lab
en.securitylab.ru / lab/PT-2012-05
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/309979
US Government Resource