PT-2017-8450 · Plone Foundation+1 · Plone+1

Published 2017-02-24 · Updated 2022-05-17 · CVE-2016-4043

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plone versions 5.0rc1 through 5.1a1

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to bypass Restricted Python by leveraging permissions to create or edit templates. This is related to the Chameleon (five.pt) in Plone.

Recommendations For Plone versions 5.0rc1 through 5.1a1, consider restricting template creation and editing permissions to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4043

GHSA-6H8X-73FX-Q2H9

PYSEC-2017-57

Affected Products

Chameleon

Plone

References · 9

• https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160419/bypass-restricted-python · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-57 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4043 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6h8x-73fx-q2h9 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-57.yaml · Note
• https://github.com/plone/Plone · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4043 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/3 · Note