# CVE-2012-5543: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can create arbitrary nodes by exploiting missing permission checks in the Drupal Feeds module when author fields are mapped.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2012
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8j8-rr3j-m922

## What is CVE-2012-5543?

CVE-2012-5543 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Feeds module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.0-alpha6 for Drupal, when a field is mapped to the node's author, does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary nodes via a crafted source feed.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5543?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Feeds Project Feeds.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-5543?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5543 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-5543 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5543 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-5543 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5543 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2012-5543/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5543/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5543
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5543
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5543

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