CVE-2016-7139

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 an unspecified page template 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 unknown vectors.

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
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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