CVE-2012-5543

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-5543 · Published 03/12/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-5543 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting feeds (feeds project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.2%, higher than 67.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
feeds feeds_project	`= 7.x-2.0= 7.x-2.x`	No fix yet

Description

The Feeds module 7.x-2.x before 7.x-2.0-alpha6 for Drupal, when a field is mapped to the node's author, does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to create arbitrary nodes via a crafted source feed.

References

drupal.org/node/1808832 · Patch
drupalcode.org/project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4

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