CVE-2016-7138

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

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.

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/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1
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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