medium
4.7
CWE
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CVE-2013-4190: XSS

First published: Wed Jun 26 2013(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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
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 CMS=4.2
Plone CMS=4.2.1
Plone CMS=4.2.2
Plone CMS=4.2.3
Plone CMS=4.2.4
Plone CMS=4.2.5
Plone CMS=4.3
Plone CMS=4.3.1
Plone CMS=2.1
Plone CMS=2.1.1
Plone CMS=2.1.2
Plone CMS=2.1.3
Plone CMS=2.1.4
Plone CMS=2.5
Plone CMS=2.5.1
Plone CMS=2.5.2
Plone CMS=2.5.3
Plone CMS=2.5.4
Plone CMS=2.5.5
Plone CMS=3.0
Plone CMS=3.0.1
Plone CMS=3.0.2
Plone CMS=3.0.3
Plone CMS=3.0.4
Plone CMS=3.0.5
Plone CMS=3.0.6
Plone CMS=3.1
Plone CMS=3.1.1
Plone CMS=3.1.2
Plone CMS=3.1.3
Plone CMS=3.1.4
Plone CMS=3.1.5.1
Plone CMS=3.1.6
Plone CMS=3.1.7
Plone CMS=3.2
Plone CMS=3.2.1
Plone CMS=3.2.2
Plone CMS=3.2.3
Plone CMS=3.3
Plone CMS=3.3.1
Plone CMS=3.3.2
Plone CMS=3.3.3
Plone CMS=3.3.4
Plone CMS=3.3.5
Plone CMS=4.0
Plone CMS=4.0.1
Plone CMS=4.0.2
Plone CMS=4.0.3
Plone CMS=4.0.4
Plone CMS=4.0.5
Plone CMS=4.0.6.1
Plone CMS=4.1
=4.2
=4.2.1
=4.2.2
=4.2.3
=4.2.4
=4.2.5
=4.3
=4.3.1
=2.1
=2.1.1
=2.1.2
=2.1.3
=2.1.4
=2.5
=2.5.1
=2.5.2
=2.5.3
=2.5.4
=2.5.5
=3.0
=3.0.1
=3.0.2
=3.0.3
=3.0.4
=3.0.5
=3.0.6
=3.1
=3.1.1
=3.1.2
=3.1.3
=3.1.4
=3.1.5.1
=3.1.6
=3.1.7
=3.2
=3.2.1
=3.2.2
=3.2.3
=3.3
=3.3.1
=3.3.2
=3.3.3
=3.3.4
=3.3.5
=4.0
=4.0.1
=4.0.2
=4.0.3
=4.0.4
=4.0.5
=4.0.6.1
=4.1

Remedy

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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