CVE-2012-5557

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The User Read-Only module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.4 for Drupal, does not properly assign roles when there are more than three roles on the site and certain unspecified configurations, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges by performing certain operations, as demonstrated by changing a password.

Affected products

User Read-Only Project User Readonly: 6.x-1.0, 6.x-1.1, 6.x-1.2, 6.x-1.3, 6.x-1.x-dev, 7.x-1.0 (+4)

References

http://drupal.org/node/1840038
http://drupal.org/node/1840054
http://drupal.org/node/1840886
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
http://drupal.org/node/1840038
http://drupal.org/node/1840054
http://drupal.org/node/1840886
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4

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