CVE-2012-5499 json
Plone is vulnerable to denial of service
published 2014-09-30 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9 , PYSEC-2014-41 , EUVD-2014-0059
- 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
python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value, related to formatColumns.
Patch / fix
- 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-2012-5499 updated cvss 5.0
(Plone): Partial denial of service through internal function
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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 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | plone | >=4.0, <4.2.3 >=4.3a1, <4.3b1 <4.2.3 >=4.3a0, <4.3b1 |
4.2.3 4.3b1 |
Classification
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/20121106/15
web, vendor-advisory, advisory
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github.com
/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
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-2012-5499
advisory
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access.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2014:1194
web
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/CVE-2012-5499
web
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=874657
web
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github.com
/plone/Plone
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-41.yaml
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-5499
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9
- NVD CVE-2012-5499
- OSV PYSEC-2014-41
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.