{"id":"CVE-2012-5493","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-5493","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:17.726Z","title":"gtbn.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to bypass the Python sandbox and execute arbitrary Python code via unspecified vectors.","description":"gtbn.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to bypass the Python sandbox and execute arbitrary Python code via unspecified vectors.","published":"2014-09-30T14:55:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:46:53.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-94"],"affected":["plone/plone"],"epss":{"score":0.01711,"percentile":0.77195,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.71%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/09","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/09","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5493","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}