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Case File

CVE-2012-5508

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 2.32% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-11-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2012-5508
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
2.32%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The error pages in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allow remote attackers to obtain random numbers and derive the PRNG state for password resets via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types. CVE-2012-6661 was assigned for the PRNG reseeding issue in Zope.