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CVE-2012-5487
The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with…
High8.5EPSS 1.7%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121109 Re: Re: CVE Request - Zope / Plone: Multiple vectors corrected within 20121106 fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9m4g-f42q-vrrh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .