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When you visit a page where you need to login, Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 sends you to the login…

Priority LOW 28CWE-601Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-601.

Summary

When you visit a page where you need to login, Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 sends you to the login form with a 'came_from' parameter set to the previous url. After you login, you get redirected to the page you tried to view before. An attacker might try to abuse this by letting you click on a specially crafted link. You would login, and get redirected to the site of the attacker, letting you think that you are still on the original Plone site. Or some javascript of the attacker could be executed. Most of these types of attacks are already blocked by Plone, using the `isURLInPortal` check to make sure we only redirect to a page on the same Plone site. But a few more ways of tricking Plone into accepting a malicious link were discovered, and fixed with this hotfix.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00685 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Products.CMFPlone (PyPI): 4.3.17, 5.0.10, 5.1.0Plone (PyPI): 4.3.16, 5.1.0Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—Products.CMFPlone (PyPI)before 4.3.174.3.17Patch availableGHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
—Products.CMFPlone (PyPI)5.0.0 to before 5.0.105.0.10Patch availableGHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
—Products.CMFPlone (PyPI)5.1a1 to before 5.1.05.1.0Patch availableGHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
—Plone (PyPI)2.5 to before 4.3.164.3.16Patch availableGHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
—Plone (PyPI)5 to before 5.1.05.1.0Patch availableGHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Products.CMFPlone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.3.17 Fixed in 4.3.17 Patch available GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
  • Products.CMFPlone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.0.10 Fixed in 5.0.10 Patch available GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
  • Products.CMFPlone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 5.1a1 to before 5.1.0 Fixed in 5.1.0 Patch available GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
  • Plone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.5 to before 4.3.16 Fixed in 4.3.16 Patch available GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh
  • Plone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 5 to before 5.1.0 Fixed in 5.1.0 Patch available GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh

CPE configurations NVD · 67

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.5.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.3.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.1Vulnerableplone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.5.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
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cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.7Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.8Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.9Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.10Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.1.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.2.7Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.7Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.8Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.9Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.10Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.11Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.12Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.14Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.3.15Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 rc1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 rc2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0 rc3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.5Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.6Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.7Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.8Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.9Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1 a1Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1 a2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1 b2Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1 b3Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:b4:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1 b4Vulnerableplone
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1 rc1Vulnerableplone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.7 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.8 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.9 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.10 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2.7 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.7 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.8 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.9 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.10 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.11 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.12 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.14 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:4.3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.15 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.5 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.6 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.7 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.8 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.9 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:a1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 a1 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:a2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 a2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:b2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 b2 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:b3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 b3 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:b4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 b4 Vulnerable ·plone
  • cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 rc1 Vulnerable ·plone

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh Products.CMFPlone (PyPI) Fixed in 4.3.17 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh Products.CMFPlone (PyPI) Fixed in 5.0.10 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh Products.CMFPlone (PyPI) Fixed in 5.1.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh Plone (PyPI) Fixed in 4.3.16 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh Plone (PyPI) Fixed in 5.1.0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000481
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8g72-gq68-6gqh

References

  • TI-2011-03162 Unspecified vulnerability in Zope 2.12.x and 2.13.x, as used in Plone 4.0.x through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2021-13226 An issue in Plone CMS v. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-15757 The HTTP PUT and DELETE methods are enabled in the Plone official Docker version 5.2.13… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-12911 Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2020-17872 The official plone Docker images before version of 4.3.18-alpine (Alpine specific)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-06422 A privilege escalation issue in plone.app.contenttypes in Plone 4.3 through 5.2.1 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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