CVE-2012-4053
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in eZOE flash player in eZ Publish 4.1 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims via unknown vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCSRF vulnerability in the eZOE flash player component of eZ Publish versions 4.1 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to hijack authenticated user sessions by tricking users into visiting malicious pages that trigger unauthorized requests to the vulnerable eZOE flash player.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 4.1.0= 4.2.0= 4.3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify eZ Publish installationLocate the eZ Publish installation directory and check for version.php or similar version indicator files in the installation rootAffected if Cannot determine eZ Publish is installed and running
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Determine eZ Publish versionOpen the version file (typically version.php in the lib directory or check the admin interface for version information) and note the exact version numberAffected if Version is 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0 or falls within 4.1 through 4.6 range
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Locate eZOE flash player componentSearch for the eZOE module directory within the eZ Publish installation, typically found under extension/ezoe or similar pathAffected if eZOE directory does not exist (component may have been removed)
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Verify eZOE component is enabledCheck the site.ini or extension settings to confirm eZOE is listed as an active extensionAffected if eZOE is enabled and loaded by the siteaccess configurations
User is affected if eZ Publish version 4.1 through 4.6 is installed AND the eZOE flash player component is present and enabled in the configuration
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataDisable or remove the deprecated eZOE flash player component if unused; otherwise implement anti-CSRF tokens for all state-changing operations in the flash player or upgrade to a supported version of eZ Publish.
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- Implementation12.0 h
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2012-4053 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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