PyPi: Plone

CVE-2021-33509

Safety vulnerability ID: 40534

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

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Created at May 21, 2021 Updated at Mar 27, 2025
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Advisory

Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted keyword arguments to the ReStructuredText transform in a Python script.

Affected package

plone

Latest version: 6.1.1

The Plone Content Management System

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted keyword arguments to the ReStructuredText transform in a Python script. See CVE-2021-33509.


MISC:https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/writing-arbitrary-files-via-docutils-and-python-script: https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/writing-arbitrary-files-via-docutils-and-python-script

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

CRITICAL 9.9

CVSS v3 Details

CRITICAL 9.9
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
LOW
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
HIGH
Availability Availability (A)
HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

HIGH 8.5
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact (I)
COMPLETE
Availability Impact (A)
COMPLETE