CVE-2012-5653

MEDIUM 6.0CVE-2012-5653 · Published 03/01/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-5653 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability affecting drupal (drupal).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
drupal drupal	`= 6.0= 6.1= 6.10= 6.11= 6.12= 6.13= 6.14= 6.15= 6.16= 6.17= 6.18= 6.19= 6.2= 6.20= 6.21= 6.22= 6.23= 6.24= 6.25= 6.26= 6.3= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7= 6.8= 6.9= 7.0= 7.1= 7.10= 7.11= 7.12= 7.13= 7.14= 7.15= 7.16= 7.17= 7.2= 7.3= 7.4= 7.5= 7.6= 7.7= 7.8= 7.9= 7.x-dev`	No fix yet

Description

The file upload feature in Drupal 6.x before 6.27 and 7.x before 7.18 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the protection mechanism and execute arbitrary PHP code via a null byte in a file name.

References

drupal.org/SA-CORE-2012-004 · Patch
drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commitdiff/b47f95d · Exploit
drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commitdiff/da8023a · Exploit
osvdb.org/88529 · Broken Link
debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2776 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/1 · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/56993 · Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80795

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Affected versions

Patched versions

drupal

= 6.0= 6.1= 6.10= 6.11= 6.12= 6.13= 6.14= 6.15= 6.16= 6.17= 6.18= 6.19= 6.2= 6.20= 6.21= 6.22= 6.23= 6.24= 6.25= 6.26= 6.3= 6.4= 6.5= 6.6= 6.7= 6.8= 6.9= 7.0= 7.1= 7.10= 7.11= 7.12= 7.13= 7.14= 7.15= 7.16= 7.17= 7.2= 7.3= 7.4= 7.5= 7.6= 7.7= 7.8= 7.9= 7.x-dev

No fix yet

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