CVE-2012-5357

critical
Published 2017-10-30 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 8.02 SP5 uses the XslCompiledTransform class with enablescript set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with NETWORK SERVICE privileges via crafted XSL data.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/msvr12-016

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://documentation.ektron.com/current/ReleaseNotes/Release8/8.02SP5.htm

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ektronektron_content_management_system{"endIncluding":"8.02"}

References

CWEs

CWE-19

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.