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Vulnerability details: VCID-eg2r-ez9f-hkak
Vulnerability ID VCID-eg2r-ez9f-hkak
Aliases CVE-2012-5494
GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6
PYSEC-2014-36
Summary Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, related to "{u,}translate."
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/plone/Plone
https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-36.yaml
https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
CVE-2012-5494 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5494
GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g6w-4m7x-97v6
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.

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Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:03:44.317051+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-36.yaml 38.6.0