CVE-2012-5557: User Read-Only Project User Readonly

Low severity, CVSS 3.6. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • User Read-Only Project User Readonly: version 6.x-1.0 only; version 6.x-1.1 only; version 6.x-1.2 only; version 6.x-1.3 only; version 6.x-1.x only; version 7.x-1.0 only; …

Published 2012-12-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.