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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4954 · published 15 November 2012

CVE-2012-4954: Vanillaforums vanilla permissions and access controls vulnerability

Vanillaforums · Vanilla

The edit-profile page in Vanilla Forums before 2.1a32 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary profile settings by replacing the UserID value during a man-in-the-middle attack, related to a "parameter manipulation" issue.

3.5 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 1.1% · top 36.5% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
3.5CVSS 2.0 base score
1.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The edit-profile page in Vanilla Forums before 2.1a32 allows remote authenticated users to modify arbitrary profile settings by replacing the UserID value during a man-in-the-middle attack, related to a "parameter manipulation" issue.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611988 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80000
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611988 US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80000

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4954), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.