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CVE-2012-5494
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related to "{u,}translate."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 24 months later
· 24 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121109 Re: Re: CVE Request - Zope / Plone: Multiple vectors corrected within 20121106 fix (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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