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CVE-2012-5486

Published: Sep 30, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
6.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 17.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

ZPublisher.HTTPRequest._scrubHeader in Zope 2 before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.3 beta 1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via a linefeed (LF) character.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

ploneplone
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
zopezope
On-prem
OSS Libraries / web-framework
n/an/a
Zope2PyPIOSS Libraries
PlonePyPIOSS Libraries
ploneoss-projectNLWeb & CMS Pluginsaka plone cms
zopeoss-projectOSS Librariesaka zodb, accesscontrol, zope
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
openwall.com
https://bugs.launchpad.net/zope2/+bug/930812
bugs.launchpad.net
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Timeline

Published
Sep 30, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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