CVE-2012-5487

HighCVSS 8.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 8.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 30, 2014
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-5487: High severity, CVSS 8.5 | Vulnix