VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-5524

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Published 2017-03-23 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.0
VIR risk
4.3

Description

Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
53%
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/20170117/sandbox-escape

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIplone>=4.0,<4.3.124.3.12
python PyPIplone>=5.1a1,<5.1b15.1b1
python PyPIplone>=5.0rc1,<5.0.75.0.7
python PyPIplone>=5.0a1,<5.0.74.3.12

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
ploneplone5.1

References

CWEs

CWE-134

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