CVE-2012-5506
Plone denial of service via RSS Feed Request
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.60%
Description
python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an RSS feed request for a folder the user does not have permission to access.
How to fix CVE-2012-5506
To remediate CVE-2012-5506, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- PyPI/plone—upgrade to 4.2.3 or later
- —upgrade to 4.2.3 or later
Is CVE-2012-5506 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.2.3
- from 0, < 4.2.3, >= 4.3a0, < 4.3b1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |