CVE-2013-4190: XSS

Published Jun 26, 2013
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Updated

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws were found in the way Plone, a user friendly and powerful content management system, performed sanitization of user provided input in web forms. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted URL that, when visited by authenticated Plone user could lead to arbitrary HTML or web script execution in the context of Plone user's session.

Other sources

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in (1) spamProtect.py, (2) pts.py, and (3) request.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

— MITRE

Affected Software

55 affected componentsFixes available
pip/plone>=4.3<4.3.2
4.3.2
pip/plone>=4.2<4.2.6
4.2.6
pip/plone>=2.1<=4.1
4.1.1
Plone plone=4.2
Plone plone=4.2.1
Plone plone=4.2.2
Plone plone=4.2.3
Plone plone=4.2.4
Plone plone=4.2.5
Plone plone=4.3
Plone plone=4.3.1
Plone plone=2.1
Plone plone=2.1.1
Plone plone=2.1.2
Plone plone=2.1.3
Plone plone=2.1.4
Plone plone=2.5
Plone plone=2.5.1
Plone plone=2.5.2
Plone plone=2.5.3
Plone plone=2.5.4
Plone plone=2.5.5
Plone plone=3.0
Plone plone=3.0.1
Plone plone=3.0.2
Plone plone=3.0.3
Plone plone=3.0.4
Plone plone=3.0.5
Plone plone=3.0.6
Plone plone=3.1
Plone plone=3.1.1
Plone plone=3.1.2
Plone plone=3.1.3
Plone plone=3.1.4
Plone plone=3.1.5.1
Plone plone=3.1.6
Plone plone=3.1.7
Plone plone=3.2
Plone plone=3.2.1
Plone plone=3.2.2
Plone plone=3.2.3
Plone plone=3.3
Plone plone=3.3.1
Plone plone=3.3.2
Plone plone=3.3.3
Plone plone=3.3.4
Plone plone=3.3.5
Plone plone=4.0
Plone plone=4.0.1
Plone plone=4.0.2
Plone plone=4.0.3
Plone plone=4.0.4
Plone plone=4.0.5
Plone plone=4.0.6.1
Plone plone=4.1

Remediation

Patch Available

http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20130618

Event History

Jun 26, 2013
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·04:18 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Mar 11, 2014
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:00 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·07:37 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
May 17, 2022
Advisory Published
via GitHub·04:49 AM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4190?

CVE-2013-4190 is categorized as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow remote attackers to execute cross-site scripting attacks.

2

How do I fix CVE-2013-4190?

To fix CVE-2013-4190, users should upgrade to a version of Plone that includes the patches addressing the XSS vulnerability.

3

What versions of Plone are affected by CVE-2013-4190?

CVE-2013-4190 affects multiple versions of Plone, specifically versions 2.1 through 4.3.

4

What are the potential impacts of CVE-2013-4190?

Attackers exploiting CVE-2013-4190 could potentially steal session cookies, redirect users to malicious sites, or display unwanted advertisements.

5

Is there a known exploit for CVE-2013-4190?

Yes, there are confirmed reports of exploits leveraging CVE-2013-4190 which utilize specially crafted URLs to perform cross-site scripting attacks.

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