Is CVE-2012-6661 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-6661 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-6661?

CVE-2012-6661 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2012-6661?

Patch guidance is available from plone security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2012-6661.

CVE-2012-6661 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2012-6661?

65 products: plone plone, plone plone, plone plone, plone plone, plone plone, and 60 more.

Description

Zope before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, does not reseed the pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the value via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2012-5508 due to different vulnerability types (ADT2).

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-310

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PLONE
Published: 11/3/2014
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

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