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CVE-2016-7137

Safety vulnerability ID: 35685

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Created at Mar 07, 2017 Updated at Mar 27, 2025
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Advisory

Plone 3.3.6, 4.3.11 and 5.0.6 include a fix for CVE-2016-7137: 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 package

plone

Latest version: 6.1.1

The Plone Content Management System

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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.


BUGTRAQ:20161012 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Plone CMS: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded
FULLDISC:20161019 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Plone CMS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80
MLIST:[oss-security] 20160905 Re: CVE request: Plone multiple vulnerabilities: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4
MLIST:[oss-security] 20160905 Re: CVE request: Plone multiple vulnerabilities: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5
MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html
CONFIRM:https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/open-redirection-in-plone: https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/open-redirection-in-plone
BID:92752: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 6.1

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 6.1
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
LOW
Integrity Impact (I)
LOW
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 5.8
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE