CVE-2012-4926 — approve.php in Img Pals Photo Host 1.0 does not authenticate requests, which allows remote attackers to change the activation of administrators via the u parameter in an (1) app0 (disable) or (2) app1 (enable) action

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approve.php in Img Pals Photo Host 1.0 does not authenticate requests, which allows remote attackers to change the activation of administrators via the u parameter in an (1) app0 (disable) or (2) app1 (enable) action

Published Sep 15, 2012

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.90%

Description

approve.php in Img Pals Photo Host 1.0 does not authenticate requests, which allows remote attackers to change the activation of administrators via the u parameter in an (1) app0 (disable) or (2) app1 (enable) action.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.90% 0.01899

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

EPSS probability 0.01899

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 (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.90% (0.01899)	78.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.90% (0.01899)	76.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Feb 27, 2026	4.71% (0.04713)	89.17th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	2.63% (0.02626)	84.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.27% (0.00274)	68.91th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.23% (0.00230)	60.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.22% (0.00221)	59.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.20% (0.00200)	56.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.30% (0.00296)	64.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (2)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0180.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18544
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0180.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18544		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 15, 2012

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Sep 15, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4926

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4926

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4926