CVE-2012-5487
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
30/09/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
8.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2.2 (including) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03



