CVE-2017-5524

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.92% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

51 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4

v3.04.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.04mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-134USprimaryCWE-134US

affected products (51)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
plone plone= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.0.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
plone plone= 4.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4Plone Sandbox Escape2018-07-12ghsa · osvUS
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
PYSEC-2017-812017-03-23vendor · osvUS
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-03-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6 cnnvd
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/sandbox-escape cnnvd
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95679 cnnvd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6 enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95679 enisa_euvd
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/sandbox-escape enisa_euvd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95679Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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