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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4554 · published 11 November 2012

CVE-2012-4554: Drupal permissions and access controls vulnerability

DDrupal · Drupal

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XRDS file.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 16% · top 3.2% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
16%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The OpenID module in Drupal 7.x before 7.16 allows remote OpenID servers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DOCTYPE declaration in an XRDS file.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://drupal.org/node/1815912 PatchVendor Advisory
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5
http://drupal.org/node/1815912 PatchVendor Advisory
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/30/5

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4554), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.