CVE-2012-5507

medium
Published 2018-07-23 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/23

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIplone>=3.2.2,<4.2.34.2.3
python PyPIplone>=4.3a1,<4.3b14.3b1
python PyPIzope2<2.13.192.13.19
python PyPIplone>=4.3a0,<4.3b14.2.3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
zopezope2.5.1
zopezope2.6.1
zopezope2.6.4
zopezope2.7.0
zopezope2.7.3
zopezope2.7.4
zopezope2.7.5
zopezope2.7.6
zopezope2.7.7
zopezope2.7.8
zopezope2.8.1
zopezope2.8.4
zopezope2.8.6
zopezope2.8.8
zopezope2.9.2
zopezope2.9.3
zopezope2.9.4
zopezope2.9.5
zopezope2.9.6
zopezope2.9.7
zopezope2.10.3
zopezope2.10.8
zopezope2.11.0
zopezope2.11.1
zopezope2.11.2
zopezope2.11.3
zopezope2.13.18
ploneplone{"endIncluding":"4.2.2"}
ploneplone1.0
ploneplone1.0.1
ploneplone1.0.2
ploneplone1.0.3
ploneplone1.0.4
ploneplone1.0.5
ploneplone1.0.6
ploneplone2.0
ploneplone2.0.1
ploneplone2.0.2
ploneplone2.0.3
ploneplone2.0.4
ploneplone2.0.5
ploneplone2.1
ploneplone2.1.1
ploneplone2.1.2
ploneplone2.1.3
ploneplone2.1.4
ploneplone2.5
ploneplone2.5.1
ploneplone2.5.2
ploneplone2.5.3
ploneplone2.5.4
ploneplone2.5.5
ploneplone3.0
ploneplone3.0.1
ploneplone3.0.2
ploneplone3.0.3
ploneplone3.0.4
ploneplone3.0.5
ploneplone3.0.6
ploneplone3.1
ploneplone3.1.1
ploneplone3.1.2
ploneplone3.1.3
ploneplone3.1.4
ploneplone3.1.5.1
ploneplone3.1.6
ploneplone3.1.7
ploneplone3.2
ploneplone3.2.1
ploneplone3.2.2
ploneplone3.2.3
ploneplone3.3
ploneplone3.3.1
ploneplone3.3.2
ploneplone3.3.3
ploneplone3.3.4
ploneplone3.3.5
ploneplone4.0
ploneplone4.0.1
ploneplone4.0.2
ploneplone4.0.3
ploneplone4.0.4
ploneplone4.0.5
ploneplone4.0.6.1
ploneplone4.1
ploneplone4.1.4
ploneplone4.1.5
ploneplone4.1.6
ploneplone4.2
ploneplone4.2.0.1
ploneplone4.2.1
ploneplone4.2.1.1
ploneplone4.3

References

CWEs

CWE-362

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