CVE-2016-7136

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

z3c.form in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6 and 4.x through 4.3.11 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted GET request.

Affected products

Plone CMS: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+43)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-forms
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded

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