CVE-2012-4500

LOW 3.5CVE-2012-4500 · Published 31/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-4500 is a LOW (CVSS 3.5) vulnerability affecting announcements (nancy wichmann).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.99%, higher than 62.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
announcements nancy_wichmann	`= 6.x-1.0= 6.x-1.1= 6.x-1.2= 6.x-1.3= 6.x-1.4= 6.x-1.x`	No fix yet

Description

The Announcements module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.5 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "access announcements" permission to bypass node access restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact.

References

drupal.org/node/1761038 · Patch
drupal.org/node/1762480 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
securityfocus.com/bid/55283

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