🛡️ CVE-2012-5493 — plone

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-693 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Plone Sandbox Bypass

gtbn.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to bypass the Python sandbox and execute arbitrary Python code via unspecified vectors.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-5493 is classified as CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure. A protection exists but does not cover the case at hand, so it can be worked around.

Affected software

CVE-2012-5493 is recorded against 1 package.

  • plone (from 4.3a0 up to 4.3b1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 9 October 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
plone.org (Web)
plone.org (Web)
www.openwall.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CWE CWE-693
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
plone 4.3a0 4.3b1

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