CVE-2012-5704

low
Published 2012-11-01 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5

Description

The Hotblocks module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "administer hotblocks" permission to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and time out) via a block that references itself.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://drupal.org/node/1732946

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://drupal.org/node/1732828

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
justin_dodgehotblocks6.x-1.5
justin_dodgehotblocks6.x-1.6
justin_dodgehotblocks6.x-1.7
justin_dodgehotblocks6.x-1.x
drupaldrupal-

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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