The Simplenews Scheduler module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.4 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "send scheduled newsletters" permission to inject arbitrary PHP code into the scheduling form, which is later executed by cron.
CVE-2012-5537 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from simplenews_scheduler_project, from drupal organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-12-03T21:55:01.957
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.8
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.0 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.0 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.0 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.0 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.1 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.2 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.3 | Yes |
| Application | simplenews_scheduler_project | simplenews_scheduler | 6.x-2.x | Yes |
| Application | drupal | drupal | - | No |
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