VDB-92697 · CVE-2016-7140 · BID 92752

Plone CMS 4.3.11/5.0.6 Reflected cross site scripting

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5.1	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Plone CMS 4.3.11/5.0.6 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the ZMI page in Zope2 in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 3.3.x through 3.3.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/18/2016. The weakness was disclosed 10/12/2016 by Sebastian Perez as Multiple Vulnerabilities in Plone CMS as confirmed mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Plone. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7140. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 43 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92752†). Further details are available at seclists.org. The entries VDB-92694, VDB-92695, VDB-92696 and VDB-92698 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

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Content Management System

Vendor

Plone

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open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 801258
OpenVAS Name: Plone CMS Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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07/18/2016 🔍
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08/30/2016 +43 days 🔍
09/05/2016 +5 days 🔍
10/12/2016 +37 days 🔍
10/13/2016 +1 days 🔍
03/07/2017 +145 days 🔍
09/26/2022 +2029 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Plone CMS
Researcher: Sebastian Perez
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-7140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92697
SecurityFocus: 92752

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/13/2016 10:24 AM
Updated: 09/26/2022 08:30 AM
Changes: 10/13/2016 10:24 AM (50), 04/19/2017 10:32 AM (15), 09/26/2022 08:25 AM (2), 09/26/2022 08:30 AM (11)
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