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CVE-2012-5487

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticat

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.

HIGH · CVSS 8.5 EPSS 0.00656
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
plone<= 4.2.2
ploneall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI plone MODERATE fixed in 4.2.3
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Scoring & Timeline

8.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD30 Sep 2014 · 02:55 PM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106Patch
https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03Vendor Advisory
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