CVE-2012-4554 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4554?

CVE-2012-4554 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 11 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XRDS file.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4554?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-4554 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-4554 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.

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Sources

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Also known as GHSA-m4pj-47x5-hq8v.