Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2012-5504 is a cross-site scripting issue in older Plone releases. A remote attacker could cause a vulnerable site to run injected script or HTML in a user's browser. Business impact depends on who uses the site, but XSS can expose sessions, content workflows, or trusted user actions. Exposure is most likely for internet-facing Plone deployments running before 4.2.3 or 4.3 pre-beta 1 without the 20121106 vendor fix or equivalent upgrade. Treat this as a legacy web-platform remediation item. It is not supported here as actively exploited, but public Plone sites running affected versions should be upgraded or hotfixed because XSS can undermine trust and authenticated workflows. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Plone to 4.2.3 or a vendor-fixed later release.; Review and apply the Plone 20121106 hotfix if still running affected branches.; Check Plone vendor guidance for supported remediation on legacy deployments..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txtCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/20CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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