CVE-2012-5487

medium

Description

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.

References

https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03

https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106

https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-09-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00788