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CVE-2012-5506: plone Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesGHSA-79hj-474h-v4xvPYSEC-2014-48
Published 30-09-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5506 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in plone. EPSS estimates a 1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 8.7 (OSV · Pypi); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-09-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.62% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

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 | ≥ 4.3a1, < 4.3b1 | ≥ 4.3a0, < 4.3b1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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