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CVE-2012-5537

19
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
60.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 1,425 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

drupal.org / node/1789274
Patch
drupal.org / node/1789284
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4