Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU41258

#VU41258 Resource management error in Plone - CVE-2012-5496

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

Vulnerability identifier: #VU41258

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 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-2012-5496

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
Plone

Software vendor:
Plone

Description

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

kupu_spellcheck.py in Kupu in Plone before 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ZServer thread lock) via a crafted URL.

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