CVE-2012-10017
CWE-352Published: December 26, 2023· Updated: Jun 16, 2026
Official Description
A vulnerability was found in BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin up to 2.04 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.06 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 68af950330c3202a706f0ae9bbb52ceaa17dda9d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248955.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2012-10017 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation does not require any privileges, though user interaction (Required) is needed, which slightly reduces the risk of mass automated attacks.
A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2012-10017 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts