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medium 5.0

CVE-2012-4554 json

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XR…

published 2012-11-11 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4482

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.8%
EPSS 15.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XRDS file.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

15.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.