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CVE-2012-5507
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…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.4%
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- redhat
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.
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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% 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 (5)
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067 (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-hotfix/releases/20121106 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/23 (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-3qpr-7rmg-73v8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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