CVE-2012-5508 json
Exposure of Sensitive Information in Plone
published 2014-11-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-wprr-mc54-c62q , PYSEC-2014-50 , EUVD-2014-0068
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.3%
- EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.
Patch / fix
- pypi plone 4.2.3, 4.3b1
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-2012-5508 updated cvss 1.8
(Plone): Python random generator used instead of system random generator
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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
2.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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
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- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
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bugs.launchpad.net
/zope2/+bug/1071067
web, exploit
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plone.org
/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/24
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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plone.org
/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121124
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-2012-5508
advisory
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github.com
/plone/Plone
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-50.yaml
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-wprr-mc54-c62q
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-5508
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wprr-mc54-c62q
- NVD CVE-2012-5508
- OSV PYSEC-2014-50
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