(Plone): Reflexive XSS
Published Sep 30, 2014
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.20%
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."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.2.2
- 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
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.2
- 4.2.0.1
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.1.1
- 4.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
conga
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | conga | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of luci (as provided by conga) as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01198) | 67.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01187) | 63.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00285) | 49.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00220) | 61.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00220) | 60.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00220) | 58.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5494 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874703 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6 Advisory
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-36.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5494
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/10 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5494
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5494 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874703 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-36.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5494 | ||
| https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/10 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5494 |
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