Plone up to 4.2 Admin Interface code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Plone up to 4.2. This affects an unknown function of the component Admin Interface. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-5485. No exploit is available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plone up to 4.2 (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Admin Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

registerConfiglet.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to execute Python code via unspecified vectors, related to the admin interface.

The weakness was published 11/06/2012 by Richard Mitchell (DiGiT) with Plone Security Team as Restricted Python injection as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at plone.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5485 since 10/24/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK. The advisory points out:

Anonymous users can cause an arbitrary Python statement to be run when the admin interface is accessed. No breakout of the in-built Python sandbox is possible, but it will run with the privileges of that admin user.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79049 (RHEL 5 : conga (RHSA-2014:1194)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122717 (CentOS Security Update for conga (CESA-2014:1194)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (79049), SecurityFocus (BID 56341†), OSVDB (101396†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-46120†). Similar entries are available at VDB-71838, VDB-71834, VDB-71687 and VDB-71686. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 79049
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : conga (RHSA-2014:1194)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2014-1194
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10/24/2012 🔍
10/30/2012 +6 days 🔍
11/06/2012 +7 days 🔍
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12/27/2013 +416 days 🔍
09/16/2014 +263 days 🔍
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11/08/2014 +39 days 🔍
06/04/2021 +2400 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Restricted Python injection
Researcher: Richard Mitchell (DiGiT)
Organization: Plone Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5485 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5485
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11635

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SecurityFocus: 56341 - Plone and Zope Multiple Remote Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 101396
Vulnerability Center: 46120 - Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2012-5485, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/27/2013 23:46
Updated: 06/04/2021 17:16
Changes: 12/27/2013 23:46 (73), 06/06/2017 08:28 (9), 06/04/2021 17:16 (3)
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