CVE-2016-7138
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (59)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-v3hp-f8qr-cf3pPlone XSS2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2017-612017-03-07vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (21)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539572/100/0/threadedcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752cnnvd
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1cnnvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.htmlenisa_euvd
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