CVE-2024-12900
FoxCMS Configuration File installdb.php code injection
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file /install/installdb.php of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation of the argument database password leads to code injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
FoxCMS Configuration File installdb.php code injection
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file /install/installdb.php of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation of the argument database password leads to code injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- Record
CVE-2024-12900- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-94, CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-51180
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file /install/installdb.php of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation of the argument database password leads to code injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- Record
EUVD-2024-51180- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q495-wf8m-qxcf
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected is an unknown...
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file /install/installdb.php of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation of the argument database password leads to code injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- Record
GHSA-q495-wf8m-qxcf- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in FoxCMS up to 1.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file /install/installdb.php of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation of the argument database password leads to code injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- Record
CVE-2024-12900- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-74, CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-12900 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Qianfox Foxcms, published December 23, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.