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CVE-2012-5487
The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5.1, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.0.6.1, 4.1, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.2, 4.2.0.1, 4.2.1, 4.2.1.1, 4.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 30th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.