CVE-2012-5537

MEDIUM 6.0CVE-2012-5537 · Published 03/12/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-5537 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability affecting simplenews scheduler (simplenews scheduler project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 64.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simplenews scheduler simplenews_scheduler_project	`= 6.x-2.0= 6.x-2.1= 6.x-2.2= 6.x-2.3= 6.x-2.x`	No fix yet

Description

The Simplenews Scheduler module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.4 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "send scheduled newsletters" permission to inject arbitrary PHP code into the scheduling form, which is later executed by cron.

References

drupal.org/node/1789274 · Patch
drupal.org/node/1789284 · Patch
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4

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