CVE-2012-5358

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

The XSLTCompiledTransform function in Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 8.02 SP5 configures the XSL with enableDocumentFunction set to true, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and consequently bypass authentication, modify viewstate, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact 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.