VDB-66590 · CVE-2013-4193 · GCVE-0-2013-4193

Plone up to 4.2.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plone up to 4.2.1. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-4193. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Plone up to 4.2.1 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

typeswidget.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 does not properly enforce the immutable setting on unspecified content edit forms, which allows remote attackers to hide fields on the forms via a crafted URL.

The weakness was published 03/11/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at plone.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-4193 since 06/12/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Name

Plone

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

06/12/2013 🔍
03/11/2014 +272 days 🔍
03/11/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +378 days 🔍
05/07/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: plone.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4193 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4193
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66590
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/07/2026 12:26
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (45), 03/07/2019 16:41 (2), 05/07/2026 12:26 (17)
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