CVE-2016-7137

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-03-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-601

Description

Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 3.3.x through 3.3.6 allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the referer parameter to (1) %2b%2bgroupdashboard%2b%2bplone.dashboard1%2bgroup/%2b/portlets.Actions or (2) folder/%2b%2bcontextportlets%2b%2bplone.footerportlets/%2b /portlets.Actions or the (3) came_from parameter to /login_form.

Affected products

Plone CMS: 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5 (+50)

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/open-redirection-in-plone
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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