CVE-2012-5487

Summary

The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.

Impact & exploitability

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106 ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106Patch
• https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/03Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
• https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt