CVE-2016-7136

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Published 2022-05-14 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.1

Description

z3c.form in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6 and 4.x through 4.3.11 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted GET request.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-forms

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIplone>=5.0.0,<=5.0.6
python PyPIplone>=4.0.0,<=4.3.11
python PyPIplone>=4.2,<4.3.125.0.7

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ploneplone4.0
ploneplone4.0.1
ploneplone4.0.2
ploneplone4.0.3
ploneplone4.0.4
ploneplone4.0.5
ploneplone4.0.7
ploneplone4.0.8
ploneplone4.0.9
ploneplone4.0.10
ploneplone4.1
ploneplone4.1.1
ploneplone4.1.2
ploneplone4.1.3
ploneplone4.1.4
ploneplone4.1.5
ploneplone4.1.6
ploneplone4.2
ploneplone4.2.1
ploneplone4.2.2
ploneplone4.2.3
ploneplone4.2.4
ploneplone4.2.5
ploneplone4.2.6
ploneplone4.2.7
ploneplone4.3
ploneplone4.3.1
ploneplone4.3.2
ploneplone4.3.3
ploneplone4.3.4
ploneplone4.3.5
ploneplone4.3.6
ploneplone4.3.7
ploneplone4.3.8
ploneplone4.3.9
ploneplone4.3.10
ploneplone4.3.11
ploneplone5.0
ploneplone5.0.1
ploneplone5.0.2
ploneplone5.0.3
ploneplone5.0.4
ploneplone5.0.5
ploneplone5.0.6
ploneplone5.1a1

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.