CVE-2012-5698
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBabyGekko before 1.2.4 has SQL injection.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceBabyGekko CMS versions prior to 1.2.4 contain an SQL injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through unsanitized user input, potentially enabling data exfiltration, authentication bypass, or complete database compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.2.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine installed BabyGekko versionCheck the version file or admin panel: look for a version.php, changelog.txt, or log into the admin dashboard to find the version number under System Info or About sectionAffected if The version displayed is less than 1.2.4 (e.g., 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.0, or any 1.x version below 1.2.4)
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Identify user input processing endpointsReview application source code for scripts that handle user input from GET/POST parameters and pass them to database queries without sanitization or prepared statementsAffected if The application processes user input (login forms, search fields, comment boxes, user registration) and constructs SQL queries by directly concatenating user-supplied values into query strings
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Verify if database interactions use prepared statementsExamine PHP files that interact with the database (typically in /app/, /includes/, or /lib/ directories) to check if database queries use parameterized queries (PDO prepare/bindParam or mysqli prepared statements)Affected if Database queries are built using string concatenation or direct variable interpolation (e.g., $db->query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE user = ' . $_POST['user'])) rather than parameterized queries
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Confirm application is accessible and processing requestsEnsure the BabyGekko application is currently running and accessible via HTTP/HTTPSAffected if The application is live and actively handling user requests, as the SQL injection is a remote attack vector requiring the vulnerable code to be accessible
You are affected if BabyGekko is installed with a version lower than 1.2.4 and the application processes user input through direct SQL query construction without prepared statements.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data1.2.4
Upgrade BabyGekko to version 1.2.4 or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, implement input validation and parameterized queries (prepared statements) on all database interaction points.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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