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By linking to a specific url in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 with a parameter, an attacker could send…

Priority LOW 29CWE-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

By linking to a specific url in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 with a parameter, an attacker could send you to his own website. On its own this is not so bad: the attacker could more easily link directly to his own website instead. But in combination with another attack, you could be sent to the Plone login form and login, then get redirected to the specific url, and then get a second redirect to the attacker website. (The specific url can be seen by inspecting the hotfix code, but we don't want to make it too easy for attackers by spelling it out here.)

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00917 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Plone (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
—Plone (PyPI)2.5 to before 4.3.164.3.16Patch availableGHSA-xvwv-6wvx-px9x
—Plone (PyPI)5.0.0 to before 5.1.05.1.0Patch availableGHSA-xvwv-6wvx-px9x
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Plone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.5 to before 4.3.16 Fixed in 4.3.16 Patch available GHSA-xvwv-6wvx-px9x
  • Plone (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.1.0 Fixed in 5.1.0 Patch available GHSA-xvwv-6wvx-px9x

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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CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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-xvwv-6wvx-px9x Plone (PyPI) Fixed in 4.3.16 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-xvwv-6wvx-px9x 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-2017-1000484
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xvwv-6wvx-px9x

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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