CVE-2012-5507

high

Description

AccessControl/AuthEncoding.py in Zope before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via vectors involving timing discrepancies in password validation.

References

https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/23

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

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

https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067

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: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.7

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