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high 7.5

CVE-2012-6142 json

Session::Cookie in the HTML::EP module 0.2011 for Perl does not properly use the Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to…

published 2014-06-04 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-6003

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Session::Cookie in the HTML::EP module 0.2011 for Perl does not properly use the Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, which is not properly handled when it is deserialized.

Exploit prediction

2.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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