CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2012-5358
Critical (9.8) in ektron ektron content management system. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The XSLTCompiledTransform function in Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 8.02 SP5 configures the XSL with enableDocumentFunction set to true, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and consequently bypass authentication, modify viewstate, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XSL data.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 79% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-19
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- ektron:ektron_content_management_system
References
- http://documentation.ektron.com/current/ReleaseNotes/Release8/8.02SP5.htm
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/msvr12-016
- https://webstersprodigy.net/2012/10/25/cve-2012-5357cve-1012-5358-cool-ektron-xslt-rce-bugs/
- http://documentation.ektron.com/current/ReleaseNotes/Release8/8.02SP5.htm
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/msvr12-016