Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 Web Template str.format access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function str.format of the component Web Template Handler. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-1000483. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 (Content Management System). This issue affects the function str.format of the component Web Template Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Accessing private content via str.format in through-the-web templates and scripts in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1. This improves an earlier hotfix. Since the format method was introduced in Python 2.6, this part of the hotfix is only relevant for Plone 4 and 5.

The bug was discovered 11/28/2017. The weakness was disclosed 01/03/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at plone.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1000483 since 01/03/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 36 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The entries VDB-111288, VDB-111286 and VDB-111285 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/28/2017 🔍
01/03/2018 +36 days 🔍
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01/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/19/2019 +714 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: plone.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-1000483 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1000483
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111287
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/04/2018 07:34
Updated: 12/19/2019 11:44
Changes: 01/04/2018 07:34 (59), 12/19/2019 11:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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