CVE-2012-5557

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5557
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-12-03 21:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe User Read-Only module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.4 for Drupal, does not properly assign roles when there are more than three roles on the site and certain unspecified configurations, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges by performing certain operations, as demonstrated by changing a password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Drupal Drupal - All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 6.x-1.0 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 6.x-1.1 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 6.x-1.2 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 6.x-1.3 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 6.x-1.x dev All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 7.x-1.0 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 7.x-1.1 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 7.x-1.2 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 7.x-1.3 All All All
Application User Read-only Project User Readonly 7.x-1.x dev All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
user_readonly 6.x-1.4 | drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Patch
SA-CONTRIB-2012-163 - User Read-Only - Permission escalation | drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request for Drupal Contributed Modules af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
user_readonly 7.x-1.4 | drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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