HIGH
(Plone): Timing attack in password validation
Published Sep 30, 2014
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.44%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 2.5.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.4
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.4
- 2.8.6
- 2.8.8
- 2.9.2
- 2.9.3
- 2.9.4
- 2.9.5
- 2.9.6
- 2.9.7
- 2.10.3
- 2.10.8
- 2.11.0
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.13.18
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 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
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality High
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
7.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.44% 0.01439
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01439
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 | 1.44% (0.01439) | 72.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.93% (0.00933) | 55.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 49.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00429) | 75.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00429) | 73.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00429) | 70.45th | 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) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5507 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874110 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qpr-7rmg-73v8 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-2014-49.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/zope2/PYSEC-2014-75.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5507
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/23 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5507
| 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-2012-5507 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/1071067 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874110 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qpr-7rmg-73v8 | 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-2014-49.yaml | ||
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/zope2/PYSEC-2014-75.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5507 | ||
| https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/23 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5507 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 30, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Oct 24, 2012
Link CVE-2012-5507
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-3QPR-7RMG-73V8 Updated n/a