CVE-2012-2770

N/A

Published: August 15, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAuthen· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The Authen::ExternalAuth extension before 0.11 for Best Practical Solutions RT allows remote attackers to obtain a logged-in session via unspecified vectors related to the "URL of a RSS feed of the user."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Authen · Mike Peachey

95%

v ≤ 0.08 externalauth

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Rt · Bestpractical

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-July/000208.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/50060

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54681

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77213

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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