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CVE-2012-5357

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 67.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 8.02 SP5 uses the XslCompiledTransform class with enablescript set to true, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with NETWORK SERVICE privileges via crafted XSL data.

Affected products

• Ektron Content Management System: through 8.02

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/
• https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/http/ektron_xslt_exec
• 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/
• https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/windows/http/ektron_xslt_exec

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