PT-2014-2319 · Plone Foundation · Plone

Richard Mitchell · Published 2014-09-30 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2012-5492

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plone versions prior to 4.2.3 Plone version 4.3 before beta 1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain metadata about hidden objects via a crafted URL. This is possible due to a flaw in the uid catalog.py component.

Recommendations For Plone versions prior to 4.2.3, update to version 4.2.3 or later. For Plone version 4.3 before beta 1, update to beta 1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the uid catalog.py component until a patch is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5492

GHSA-6W93-4C4P-XV2X

PYSEC-2014-34

Affected Products

Plone

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5492 · Security Note
• https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6w93-4c4p-xv2x · Vendor Advisory
• https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/08 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2014-34 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt · Note
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-34.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/plone/Plone · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5492 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1 · Note