CVE-2016-7138

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URL checking infrastructure in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 3.3.x through 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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