CVE-2012-5557

low
Published 2012-12-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

Description

The User Read-Only module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.4 for Drupal, does not properly assign roles when there are more than three roles on the site and certain unspecified configurations, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges by performing certain operations, as demonstrated by changing a password.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1840886

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1840054

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://drupal.org/node/1840038

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly6.x-1.0
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly6.x-1.1
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly6.x-1.2
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly6.x-1.3
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly6.x-1.x
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly7.x-1.0
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly7.x-1.1
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly7.x-1.2
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly7.x-1.3
user_read-only_projectuser_readonly7.x-1.x
drupaldrupal-

References

CWEs

CWE-264

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