CVE-2012-4741 — The RADIUS extension in PacketFence before 3.3.0 uses a different user name than is used for authentication for users with custom VLAN assignment extensions, which allows remote attackers to spoof user identities via the User-Name RADIUS attribute

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The RADIUS extension in PacketFence before 3.3.0 uses a different user name than is used for authentication for users with custom VLAN assignment extensions, which allows remote attackers to spoof user identities via the User-Name RADIUS attribute

Published Aug 31, 2012

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.38%

Description

The RADIUS extension in PacketFence before 3.3.0 uses a different user name than is used for authentication for users with custom VLAN assignment extensions, which allows remote attackers to spoof user identities via the User-Name RADIUS attribute.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.38% 0.01382

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01382

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.38% (0.01382)	71.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.38% (0.01382)	68.50th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.30% (0.00299)	51.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.36% (0.00358)	73.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.36% (0.00358)	71.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.36% (0.00358)	67.69th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (3)

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78868
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=29126135		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.packetfence.org/bugs/view.php?id=1390		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78868		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 31, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4741

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4741

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4741