#VU41253 Information disclosure in Plone - CVE-2012-5491
Published: September 30, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41253
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5491
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Plone
Plone
Software vendor:
Plone
Plone
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
z3c.form, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain the default form field values by leveraging knowledge of the form location and the element id.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.