CVE-2012-3488

Postgresql vulnerability

CVSS

4.9

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

The libxslt support in contrib/xml2 in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.20, 8.4 before 8.4.13, 9.0 before 9.0.9, and 9.1 before 9.1.5 does not properly restrict access to files and URLs, which allows remote authenticated users to modify data, obtain sensitive information, or trigger outbound traffic to arbitrary external hosts by leveraging (1) stylesheet commands that are permitted by the libxslt security options or (2) an xslt_process feature, related to an XML External Entity (aka XXE) issue.

Affected vendor

Postgresql

Affected product

Postgresql

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Published

2012-10-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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