PYSEC-2017-64

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    PYSEC-2017-64

    Published: 4 Feb 2017Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage_findResult component in the search feature in Zope ZMI in Plone before 4.3.12 and 5.x before 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving double quotes, as demonstrated by the obj_ids:tokens parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7140.

    References: https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.html, https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/non-persistent-xss-in-zope2, https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84jm-cpc5-c7g7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: plone

    Purl: pkg:pypi/plone

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.3.12

    Affected versions

    3.2
    3.2.1
    3.2.2
    3.2.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    PYSEC-2017-64 | CVE-DB