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SCA: security update for Plone (GHSA-cxw7-85xm-3xrc)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414184

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to execute Python
 code via a crafted URL, related to createObject. (CVE-2012-5488)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxw7-85xm-3xrc

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 414184

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5488

BID: 56341

cwe: CWE-94