PyPi: Plone

CVE-2021-35959

Safety vulnerability ID: 40886

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Created at Jun 30, 2021 Updated at Mar 27, 2025
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Advisory

In Plone 5.0 through 5.2.4, Editors are vulnerable to XSS in the folder contents view, if a Contributor has created a folder with a SCRIPT tag in the description field.

Affected package

plone

Latest version: 6.1.1

The Plone Content Management System

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

In Plone 5.0 through 5.2.4, Editors are vulnerable to XSS in the folder contents view, if a Contributor has created a folder with a SCRIPT tag in the description field. See CVE-2021-35959.


MISC:https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/stored-xss-in-folder-contents: https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/stored-xss-in-folder-contents

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 5.4

CVSS v3 Details

MEDIUM 5.4
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
LOW
User Interaction (UI)
REQUIRED
Scope (S)
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
LOW
Integrity Impact (I)
LOW
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

LOW 3.5
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
MEDIUM
Authentication (Au)
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
NONE
Integrity Impact (I)
PARTIAL
Availability Impact (A)
NONE