CVE-2012-5543

high

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.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4

http://drupalcode.org/project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20

http://drupal.org/node/1808832

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-12-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00208