Plone up to 3.1.3 Password Reset information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Plone up to 3.1.3. This impacts an unknown function of the component Password Reset. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-5508. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Plone up to 3.1.3 (Content Management System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Password Reset. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.

The weakness was published 11/03/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at plone.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-5508 since 10/24/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.1.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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 3.1.4

Timelineinfo

10/24/2012 🔍
11/03/2014 +740 days 🔍
11/03/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +144 days 🔍
03/14/2019 +1448 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: plone.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5508 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5508
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72785
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 12:07
Updated: 03/14/2019 21:46
Changes: 03/27/2015 12:07 (48), 03/14/2019 21:46 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:BF4:103

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