Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2012-5547


Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Search API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) enable a server via a server action or (2) enable a search index via an enable index action.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-5547 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from thomas_seidl, from drupal organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.


Published

2012-12-03T21:55:02.407

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.0 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.1 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.2 Yes
Application thomas_seidl search_api 7.x-1.x Yes
Application drupal drupal - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For thomas_seidl's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.