medium
6.1
CWE
79
Advisory Published
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-7138: XSS

First published: Tue Mar 07 2017(Updated: )

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the URL checking infrastructure in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 3.3.x through 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
pip/plone>=3.3.0<=3.3.6
pip/plone>=4.0.0<=4.3.11
pip/plone>=5.0.0<=5.0.6
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=3.3.6
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=4.0.7
Plone CMS=4.0.8
Plone CMS=4.0.9
Plone CMS=4.0.10
Plone CMS=4.1
Plone CMS=4.1.1
Plone CMS=4.1.2
Plone CMS=4.1.3
Plone CMS=4.1.4
Plone CMS=4.1.5
Plone CMS=4.1.6
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=4.2.6
Plone CMS=4.2.7
Plone CMS=4.3
Plone CMS=4.3.1
Plone CMS=4.3.2
Plone CMS=4.3.3
Plone CMS=4.3.4
Plone CMS=4.3.5
Plone CMS=4.3.6
Plone CMS=4.3.7
Plone CMS=4.3.8
Plone CMS=4.3.9
Plone CMS=4.3.10
Plone CMS=4.3.11
Plone CMS=5.0
Plone CMS=5.0-a1
Plone CMS=5.0-rc1
Plone CMS=5.0-rc2
Plone CMS=5.0-rc3
Plone CMS=5.0.1
Plone CMS=5.0.2
Plone CMS=5.0.3
Plone CMS=5.0.4
Plone CMS=5.0.5
Plone CMS=5.0.6
Plone CMS=5.1a1

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4

Remedy

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2016-7138?

    CVE-2016-7138 has a medium severity rating due to its potential impact on user data integrity.

  • How do I fix CVE-2016-7138?

    To mitigate CVE-2016-7138, upgrade your Plone CMS to version 5.0.7 or later.

  • Which versions of Plone are affected by CVE-2016-7138?

    CVE-2016-7138 affects Plone versions 3.3.x through 3.3.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 5.0 through 5.0.6.

  • What type of vulnerability is CVE-2016-7138?

    CVE-2016-7138 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

  • What can attackers do with CVE-2016-7138?

    Attackers can exploit CVE-2016-7138 to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML via crafted URLs.

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