CVE-2012-5494 Plone Cross-site scripting Vulnerability

What is CVE-2012-5494?

CVE-2012-5494 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 30 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in python_scripts.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, related to "{u,}translate."

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5494?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including plone and Plone. It affects 1 product.

Products include Plone Plone.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5494?

Upgrade plone to a fixed version for your release line: 4.2.3 or 4.3b1.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2012-5494 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5494 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6, PYSEC-2014-36.