CVE-2012-1642

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-1642 · Published 28/08/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-1642 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting linkchecker (yaml-fuer-drupal).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
linkchecker yaml-fuer-drupal	`= 6.x-2.0= 6.x-2.1= 6.x-2.2= 6.x-2.3= 6.x-2.4= 6.x-2.x`	No fix yet

Description

includes/linkchecker.pages.inc in the Link checker module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.5 for Drupal does not properly enforce access permissions on broken links, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

References

drupal.org/node/1440508 · Patch
drupalcode.org/project/linkchecker.git/commit/fef0ddf · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/48022 · Vendor Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/07/1
osvdb.org/79315
drupal.org/node/1441252 · Patch

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