CVE-2012-5486 json
HTTP header injection in Plone and Zope2
published 2014-09-30 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-77hv-8796-8ccp , PYSEC-2014-28 , PYSEC-2014-73 , EUVD-2014-0046
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
ZPublisher.HTTPRequest._scrubHeader in Zope 2 before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.3 beta 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via a linefeed (LF) character.
Patch / fix
- pypi zope2 2.13.19
- pypi plone 4.2.3, 4.3b1
- conga RHEL 5 CLUSTER 0.12.2-81.el5
- luci RHEL 5 CLUSTER 0.12.2-81.el5
- ricci RHEL 5 CLUSTER 0.12.2-81.el5
red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1194
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2012-5486 updated cvss 4.3
(Plone): Reflexive HTTP header injection
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 congaaffected: no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clustering (v. 5 server) luci 0.12.2-81.el5, conga 0.12.2-81.el5, ricci 0.12.2-81.el5fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1194
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | zope2 | <2.13.19 |
2.13.19 |
| pypi | plone | >=3.3.2, <4.2.3 >=4.3a1, <4.3b1 <4.2.3 |
4.2.3 4.3b1 |
References
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plone.org
/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
web, patch
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html
vendor-advisory, web, advisory
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plone.org
/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/02
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
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bugs.launchpad.net
/zope2/+bug/930812
web
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5486
advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2014:1194
web
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/CVE-2012-5486
web
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=878939
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-77hv-8796-8ccp
advisory
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-28.yaml
web
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/zope2/PYSEC-2014-73.yaml
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-5486
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-77hv-8796-8ccp
- NVD CVE-2012-5486
- OSV PYSEC-2014-28
- OSV PYSEC-2014-73
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.