VDB-71683 · CVE-2012-5502 · GCVE-0-2012-5502

Plone up to 1.0.5 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Plone up to 1.0.5 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-5502. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plone up to 1.0.5 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in safe_html.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with permissions to edit content to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 09/30/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at plone.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5502 since 10/24/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.0.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-11635, VDB-71688, VDB-71687 and VDB-71686 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Name

Plone

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Plone 1.0.6

Timelineinfo

10/24/2012 🔍
09/30/2014 +706 days 🔍
09/30/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +177 days 🔍
03/13/2019 +1448 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: plone.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5502 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5502
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-71683
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 16:14
Updated: 03/13/2019 13:21
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (47), 03/13/2019 13:21 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3A0:103

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