🛡️ CVE-2012-5495 — plone

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-94 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Plone python code injection

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 "go_back."

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-5495 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

CVE-2012-5495 is recorded against 1 package.

  • plone (from 4.3a1 up to 4.3b1)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 14 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 CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-94
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
plone 4.3a1 4.3b1

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