CVE-2012-0938
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in TestLink 1.9.3, 1.8.5b, and earlier allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 5.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in TestLink 1.9.3, 1.8.5b, and earlier allow remote authenticated users with certain permissions to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the root_node parameter in the display_children function to (1) getrequirementnodes.php or (2) gettprojectnodes.php in lib/ajax/; the (3) cfield_id parameter in an edit action to lib/cfields/cfieldsEdit.php; the (4) id parameter in an edit action or (5) plan_id parameter in a create action to lib/plan/planMilestonesEdit.php; or the req_spec_id parameter to (6) reqImport.php or (7) in a create action to reqEdit.php in lib/requirements/. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploit
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Metasploit modules1 module
- TestLink v1.9.3 Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/http/testlink_upload_execRank excellentdisclosed 13 Aug 2012
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Timeline
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 79451 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 79453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20120220 SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in TestLink (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 48054 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 79454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 79452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- testlink-multiple-scripts-sql-injection(73327) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 79450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 52086 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2012-0961 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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