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CVE-2012-5543

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5543 describes a vulnerability in the Feeds module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.0-alpha6 for Drupal, specifically when a field is mapped to the node's author. This flaw allows remote attackers to create arbitrary nodes by submitting a crafted source feed due to improper permission checks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial integrity impact. While it could lead to unauthorized content creation, there is no direct impact on confidentiality or availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any public exploit modules available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting a low level of public awareness or concern.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.x-2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

drupalcode.org / project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20
drupal.org / node/1808832
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4