Plone up to 4.2.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Plone up to 4.2.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-4198. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Plone up to 4.2.1 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

mail_password.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the prohibition on password changes via the forgotten password email functionality.

The weakness was published 03/11/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at plone.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-4198 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-66596, VDB-66594, VDB-66593 and VDB-66592. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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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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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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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-2013-4198 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66595
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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 17:02 (2), 05/07/2026 12:26 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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