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CVE-2013-4198

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-03-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• Plone CMS: 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.5 (+46)

References

• http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20130618
• http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20130618-announcement
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/261
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978480
• http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20130618
• http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20130618-announcement
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/261
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978480

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