CVE-2016-7138

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Published 2017-03-07 · 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

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.

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-1

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>=3.3.0,<=3.3.6
python PyPIplone>=3.3,<4.0a15.0.7

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ploneplone5.0.6
ploneplone5.1a1
ploneplone3.3
ploneplone3.3.1
ploneplone3.3.2
ploneplone3.3.3
ploneplone3.3.4
ploneplone3.3.5
ploneplone3.3.6
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

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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