Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Plone - CVE-2016-4043

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Plone - CVE-2016-4043

Published: February 24, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU39623
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4043
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Plone
Affected software:
Plone

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to manipulate data.

Chameleon (five.pt) in Plone 5.0rc1 through 5.1a1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass Restricted Python by leveraging permissions to create or edit templates.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-4043

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources