FKIE_CVE-2012-5537

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-03 21:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:46
Severity
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://drupal.org/node/1789274Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://drupal.org/node/1789284Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://drupal.org/node/1789274Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://drupal.org/node/1789284Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.0
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.0
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.0
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.0
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.1
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.2
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.3
simplenews_scheduler_project simplenews_scheduler 6.x-2.x
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