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CVE-2016-7138: Plone XSS

May 14, 2022 (updated October 18, 2024)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URL checking infrastructure in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 3.3.x through 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3hp-f8qr-cf3p
  • github.com/plone/Plone
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-61.yaml
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7138
  • plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1
  • web.archive.org/web/20210625091607/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752
  • web.archive.org/web/20210625092107/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 3.3.0 up to 3.3.6, all versions starting from 4.0.0 up to 4.3.11, all versions starting from 5.0.0 up to 5.0.6

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

pypi/Plone/CVE-2016-7138.yml

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