CVE-2012-10019

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2025-07-19. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Weaponized

Also known asEUVD-2012-6565 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationNo fix is confirmed yet: check with the vendor for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 3.8%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: MetasploitExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

The CVE record's CNA (Wordfence) lists scribu Front-end Editor versions before 2.3 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.

The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
85
EG Risk 85/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation65% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 2 (Weaponized): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Check with the vendor for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
3.8%
EPSS %ILE
90th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
3.8% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Check with the vendor for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system on your normal schedule at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 19, 2025

Last Modified

December 19, 2025

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Oct 9, 2026
No fix on record yet.
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

SB2012070701 - Arbitrary file upload in scribu Front-end Editor for WordPress

https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2012070701

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 60× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 210 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 110 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 03:38 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-13 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-11-12 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  4. 2026-11-12 04:46 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-12 04:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-11-11 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  7. 2026-11-11 05:53 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  8. 2026-11-11 05:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-11-10 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  10. 2026-11-10 07:00 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-10 07:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-11-09 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  13. 2026-11-09 08:08 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-09 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  15. 2026-11-08 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  16. 2026-11-08 09:14 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  17. 2026-11-08 09:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  18. 2026-11-07 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  19. 2026-11-07 10:22 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-11-07 10:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-11-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  22. 2026-11-06 11:25 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  23. 2026-11-06 11:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-11-05 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
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  1. 2026-11-05 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-11-04 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  3. 2026-11-04 13:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  4. 2026-11-04 13:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-11-03 16:30 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  6. 2026-11-03 14:48 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  7. 2026-11-03 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-11-02 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  9. 2026-11-02 15:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  10. 2026-11-01 16:50 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-01 16:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-31 17:58 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  13. 2026-10-31 17:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  15. 2026-10-30 19:06 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  16. 2026-10-30 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-30 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  18. 2026-10-29 20:13 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  19. 2026-10-29 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-29 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  21. 2026-10-28 21:21 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  22. 2026-10-28 21:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  23. 2026-10-28 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
  24. 2026-10-27 22:26 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  25. 2026-10-27 22:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  26. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
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  28. 2026-10-26 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  30. 2026-10-25 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  32. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
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  34. 2026-10-24 22:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  35. 2026-10-24 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
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  37. 2026-10-23 23:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  40. 2026-10-23 00:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  43. 2026-10-22 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  45. 2026-10-21 02:31 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  46. 2026-10-21 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  47. 2026-10-20 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.8% · 90th percentile
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  49. 2026-10-20 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  50. 2026-10-19 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.6% · 89th percentile
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  52. 2026-10-19 03:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  55. 2026-10-18 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  56. 2026-10-17 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.6% · 89th percentile
  57. 2026-10-17 05:41 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  58. 2026-10-17 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  59. 2026-10-16 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.6% · 89th percentile
  60. 2026-10-16 06:44 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  61. 2026-10-16 06:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  64. 2026-10-15 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  67. 2026-10-14 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  68. 2026-10-13 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 3.6% · 89th percentile
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  70. 2026-10-12 21:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-587g-h9jh-grjq · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module). No fix is confirmed yet, so defenders should restrict or isolate affected systems accordingly until one is published.

  • Metasploitexploit/unix/webapp/wp_frontend_editor_file_upload✓ verified
    Published Jun 12, 2015

    Wordpress Front-end Editor File Upload

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2012-10019?
CVE-2012-10019 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 19, 2025. The Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation via the upload.php file in versions before 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2012-10019 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2012-10019 was published on July 19, 2025. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of December 19, 2025; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2012-10019 actively exploited?
CVE-2012-10019 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (90th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-10019?
CVE-2012-10019 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2012-10019?
No fix for CVE-2012-10019 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch for a fix. The CVE record's CNA (Wordfence) lists scribu Front-end Editor versions before 2.3 as affected. No release containing a fix is confirmed on record.

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