# CVE-2012-2922: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive installation path information via a crafted parameter in Drupal, potentially aiding further attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 May 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-95xj-v76h-9x4x

## What is CVE-2012-2922?

CVE-2012-2922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 21 May 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The request_path function in includes/bootstrap.inc in Drupal 7.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the q[] parameter to index.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2922?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Drupal Drupal.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-2922?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-2922 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-2922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 21 May 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal Drupal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2922/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2922

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