CVE-2012-4731

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4731
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-11 13:00:59 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionFAQ manager for Request Tracker (RTFM) before 2.4.5 does not properly check user rights, which allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary articles in arbitrary classes via unknown vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bestpractical Rtfm 2.2.0 All All All
Application Bestpractical Rtfm 2.2.1 All All All
Application Bestpractical Rtfm 2.2.2 All All All
Application Bestpractical Rtfm 2.4.0 All All All
Application Bestpractical Rtfm 2.4.1 All All All
Application Bestpractical Rtfm 2.4.2 All All All
Application Bestpractical Rtfm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2568-1 rtfm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[rt-announce] RTFM 2.4.5 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.bestpractical.com
Security Advisory SA51062 - RT RTFM Extension Article Creation Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA51111 - Debian update for rtfm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[rt-announce] Security vulnerabilities in RT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.bestpractical.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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