Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-2626

Title: Sonicwall Scrutinizer Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-2626

CWE Category CWE-287

Published Date Jul 31, 2012

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

44.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-2626: cgi-bin/admin.cgi in the web console in Plixer Scrutinizer (aka Dell SonicWALL Scrutinizer) before 9.5.0 does not require token authentication, which allows remote attackers to add administrative accounts via a userprefs action.

Impacted Vendors

sonicwall 1

plixer 1

Reference Links

http://www.plixer.com/Press-Releases/plixer-releases-9-5-2.html https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-014.txt http://www.plixer.com/Press-Releases/plixer-releases-9-5-2.html https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-014.txt

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-2626 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37549

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

July 31, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.