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CVE-2012-2740
SQL injection vulnerability in public_html/lists/admin in phpList before 2.10.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands…
High7.5Public exploitEPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
SQL injection vulnerability in public_html/lists/admin in phpList before 2.10.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sortby parameter in a find action.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 18639 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 1027181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 52657 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120616 CVE request: phplist before 2.10.18 XSS and sql injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://mantis.phplist.com/view.php?id=16557 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2012-5081.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18639 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.phplist.com/?lid=567 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120616 Re: CVE request: phplist before 2.10.18 XSS and sql injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
- 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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