Code Injection in Plone - CVE-2012-5488

 

Code Injection in Plone - CVE-2012-5488

Published: September 30, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41272
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5488
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Plone
Affected software:
Plone

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to execute Python code via a crafted URL, related to createObject.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-5488

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources