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Plone XSS Vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 19, 2024

Package

pip plone (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.5.3

Patched versions

2.5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in skins/plone_templates/default_error_message.pt in Plone before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the type_name parameter to Members/ipa/createObject.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 5, 2011
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 19, 2024
Reviewed Jan 19, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(52nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2011-1340

GHSA ID

GHSA-cvwc-g7fw-7xrj

Source code

No known source code
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