PYSEC-2018-72

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    PYSEC-2018-72

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Accessing private content via str.format in through-the-web templates and scripts in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1. This improves an earlier hotfix. Since the format method was introduced in Python 2.6, this part of the hotfix is only relevant for Plone 4 and 5.

    References: https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20171128/sandbox-escape, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qc57-h2f7-p4hx

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: plone

    Purl: pkg:pypi/plone

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.5
    Fixed -4.3.16

    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