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CVE-2012-5358

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% 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

The XSLTCompiledTransform function in Ektron Content Management System (CMS) before 8.02 SP5 configures the XSL with enableDocumentFunction set to true, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and consequently bypass authentication, modify viewstate, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact 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/
• 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/

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