CVE-2012-5504: plone Cross-site Scripting
CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-5whw-5cmm-9jw4PYSEC-2014-46
Published 30-09-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5504 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in plone. EPSS estimates a 1.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)EPSS score
1.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Timeline
- 30-09-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versionsMedium 5.3Preferred score · OSV · Pypi (Ecosystem advisory) · calculated from vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:NSourcesSingle source
Medium 6.1Preferred score · OSV · Pypi (Ecosystem advisory) · calculated from vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NSourcesSingle source
Medium 4.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
1.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
68%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.20% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score1.20%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Plone1 product
- ploneEOL≤ 4.2.2 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.5 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5.1 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 3.2 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.4 | 3.3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6.1 | 4.1 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.2 | 4.2:a1 | 4.2:a2 | 4.2:b1 | 4.2:b2 | 4.2:rc1 | 4.2:rc2 | 4.2.0.1 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1.1 | 4.3
PyPI1 product
- plone< 4.2.3 | ≥ 4.3a0, < 4.3b1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
8 links- plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/20X Refsource CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryWEBAdvisory
- github.com/plone/PlonePACKAGE