Plone up to 4.3.2 FactoryTool.py Remote Path information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Plone. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file FactoryTool.py. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Remote Path). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-7060. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plone (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the file FactoryTool.py. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Remote Path). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Products/CMFPlone/FactoryTool.py in Plone 3.3 through 4.3.2 allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via vectors related to a file object for unspecified documentation which is initialized in class scope.

The weakness was published 12/10/2013 by Richard Mitchell with Plone Security Team as Filesystem path information leak as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at plone.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-7060 since 12/11/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 218243 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-7060), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (218243) and OSVDB (100834†). seclists.org is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-11477 and VDB-11478. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Name: Remote Path
Class: Information disclosure / Remote Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 218243
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-7060

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

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12/10/2013 🔍
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12/11/2013 +1 days 🔍
12/13/2013 +2 days 🔍
05/02/2014 +140 days 🔍
03/04/2025 +3959 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Filesystem path information leak
Researcher: Richard Mitchell
Organization: Plone Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-7060 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-7060
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11480
OSVDB: 100834

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2013 08:51
Updated: 03/04/2025 15:47
Changes: 12/13/2013 08:51 (54), 05/16/2018 09:08 (6), 03/04/2025 15:47 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:12E:103

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