CVE-2012-5487: Critical severity plone cms vulnerability

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2012-5487?

CVE-2012-5487 is classified as critical because it allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary Python code due to improper sandbox restrictions.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2012-5487?

To fix CVE-2012-5487, upgrade to Plone version 4.2.3 or later.

Q: What versions are affected by CVE-2012-5487?

CVE-2012-5487 affects Plone versions prior to 4.2.3 and all versions from 1.0 to 4.1.

Q: Who is impacted by CVE-2012-5487?

Users with certain authenticated privileges on vulnerable versions of Plone can exploit CVE-2012-5487.

Q: What does CVE-2012-5487 allow attackers to do?

CVE-2012-5487 allows attackers to bypass Python sandbox restrictions and execute arbitrary Python code.

Published Sep 30, 2014

Updated

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.

Other sources

Affected Software

74 affected componentsFixes available

pip/Plone>=4.3a0<4.3b1

4.3b1

pip/plone<4.2.3

4.2.3

Plone plone<=4.2.2

Plone plone=1.0

Plone plone=1.0.1

Plone plone=1.0.2

Plone plone=1.0.3

Plone plone=1.0.4

Plone plone=1.0.5

Plone plone=1.0.6

Plone plone=2.0

Plone plone=2.0.1

Plone plone=2.0.2

Plone plone=2.0.3

Plone plone=2.0.4

Plone plone=2.0.5

Plone plone=2.1

Plone plone=2.1.1

Plone plone=2.1.2

Plone plone=2.1.3

Plone plone=2.1.4

Plone plone=2.5

Plone plone=2.5.1

Plone plone=2.5.2

Plone plone=2.5.3

Plone plone=2.5.4

Plone plone=2.5.5

Plone plone=3.0

Plone plone=3.0.1

Plone plone=3.0.2

Plone plone=3.0.3

Plone plone=3.0.4

Plone plone=3.0.5

Plone plone=3.0.6

Plone plone=3.1

Plone plone=3.1.1

Plone plone=3.1.2

Plone plone=3.1.3

Plone plone=3.1.4

Plone plone=3.1.5.1

Plone plone=3.1.6

Plone plone=3.1.7

Plone plone=3.2

Plone plone=3.2.1

Plone plone=3.2.2

Plone plone=3.2.3

Plone plone=3.3

Plone plone=3.3.1

Plone plone=3.3.2

Plone plone=3.3.3

Plone plone=3.3.4

Plone plone=3.3.5

Plone plone=4.0

Plone plone=4.0.1

Plone plone=4.0.2

Plone plone=4.0.3

Plone plone=4.0.4

Plone plone=4.0.5

Plone plone=4.0.6.1

Plone plone=4.1

Plone plone=4.1.4

Plone plone=4.1.5

Plone plone=4.1.6

Plone plone=4.2

Plone plone=4.2-a1

Plone plone=4.2-a2

Plone plone=4.2-b1

Plone plone=4.2-b2

Plone plone=4.2-rc1

Plone plone=4.2-rc2

Plone plone=4.2.0.1

Plone plone=4.2.1

Plone plone=4.2.1.1

Plone plone=4.3

Remediation

Patch Available

https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106

Event History

Sep 30, 2014

CVE Published

via MITRE·02:00 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·02:00 PM

Description

May 17, 2022

Advisory Published

04:32 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5487?