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CVE-2012-5543 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://drupalcode.org/project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20	CVE
http://drupal.org/node/1808832	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4	CVE
http://drupalcode.org/project/feeds.git/commitdiff/a538c20	[email protected]
http://drupal.org/node/1808832	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4	[email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
feeds project feeds	7.x-2.0 alpha1 7.x-2.0 alpha2 7.x-2.0 alpha3 7.x-2.0 alpha4 7.x-2.0 alpha5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.0:alpha5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:feeds_project:feeds:7.x-2.x:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
drupal drupal	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 4, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]