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CVE-2012-5496

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5496 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the kupu_spellcheck.py component of Kupu within Plone versions prior to 4.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted URL, causing a ZServer thread lock. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0161 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ploneFixed in: 4.0

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-gx6w-hcw3-5r37high

Plone DoS via Crafted URL

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-5496Moderate

(Plone): DoS through unsanitised inputs into Kupu

Nov 6, 2012

References

github.com / plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
plone.org / products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
Patch
plone.org / products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/12
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1