CVE-2012-5557
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5449)
- Published
- December 3, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5449 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- drupal / drupal
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
- user read-only project / user readonly
References
- http://drupal.org/node/1840038(Patch)
- http://drupal.org/node/1840054(Patch)
- http://drupal.org/node/1840886(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/20/4
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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