CVE-2012-5527 Information disclosure in Claws Mail vCalendar plugin
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5527 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-5527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Claws Mail vCalendar plugin, published on 25 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5527 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Claws Mail vCalendar plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5527/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5527/index.md)
The Claws Mail vCalendar plugin exposes user credentials on the interface, allowing attackers to read sensitive authentication data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-5527?
CVE-2012-5527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Claws Mail vCalendar plugin, published on 25 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Claws Mail vCalendar plugin: credentials exposed on interface
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5527?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Claws-Mail Vcalendar.
How do I fix CVE-2012-5527?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-5527 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5527 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v5jv-fp44-9r6h.