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TI-2012-04610 Aliases CVE-2012-5491GHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx

z3c.form, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to…

Priority LOW 23CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

z3c.form, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain the default form field values by leveraging knowledge of the form location and the element id.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01243 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Plone (PyPI): 4.2.3, 4.3b1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—Plone (PyPI)before 4.2.34.2.3Patch availableGHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx
—Plone (PyPI)4.3a0 to before 4.3b14.3b1Patch availableGHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Plone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.2.3 Fixed in 4.2.3 Patch available GHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx
  • Plone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.3a0 to before 4.3b1 Fixed in 4.3b1 Patch available GHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx

CPE configurations NVD · 72

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.2.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.1Vulnerableplone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.2.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
Show 62 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.5.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1.7Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.2.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.6.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 a1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 a2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 b1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 b2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 rc1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2 rc2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.0.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.1.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3Vulnerableplone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.5.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1.7 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.6.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:a1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 a1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:a2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 a2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 b1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 b2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 rc1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 rc2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.1.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 Vulnerable ·plone

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx Plone (PyPI) Fixed in 4.2.3 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx Plone (PyPI) Fixed in 4.3b1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-5491
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f8pg-wp5j-rjxx

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2011-03162 Unspecified vulnerability in Zope 2.12.x and 2.13.x, as used in Plone 4.0.x through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2021-13226 An issue in Plone CMS v. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-15757 The HTTP PUT and DELETE methods are enabled in the Plone official Docker version 5.2.13… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12911 Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2020-17872 The official plone Docker images before version of 4.3.18-alpine (Alpine specific)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-06422 A privilege escalation issue in plone.app.contenttypes in Plone 4.3 through 5.2.1 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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