CVE-2012-5504 json
Plone Cross-site scripting Vulnerability
published 2014-09-30 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-5whw-5cmm-9jw4 , PYSEC-2014-46 , EUVD-2014-0064
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.2%
- EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in widget_traversal.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Patch / fix
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-2012-5504 updated cvss 5.0
(Plone): Persistent XSS
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 conganot affected: vulnerable code not present
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
1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | plone | <4.2.3 >=4.3a0, <4.3b1 |
4.2.3 4.3b1 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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plone.org
/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
web, patch
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plone.org
/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/20
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-2012-5504
advisory
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github.com
/plone/Plone
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-46.yaml
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-5whw-5cmm-9jw4
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-5504
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5whw-5cmm-9jw4
- NVD CVE-2012-5504
- OSV PYSEC-2014-46
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