CVE-2012-5537 describes a critical vulnerability in the Simplenews Scheduler module for Drupal (versions 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.4). This flaw allows authenticated users with specific permissions to inject arbitrary PHP code into the scheduling form, which is subsequently executed by the cron job. With a CVSS score of 6.0, this vulnerability has a medium severity, indicating that an attacker could achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with moderate attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplenews_scheduler_project:simplenews_scheduler:6.x-2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplenews_scheduler_project:simplenews_scheduler:6.x-2.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplenews_scheduler_project:simplenews_scheduler:6.x-2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplenews_scheduler_project:simplenews_scheduler:6.x-2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.x-2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simplenews_scheduler_project:simplenews_scheduler:6.x-2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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 records are not available for this CVE.