HIGH
plone: Privilege escalation via plone.app.users (Plone v4.0 and v4.1 specific)
Published Jun 6, 2011
7.1
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.35%
Description
plone.app.users in Plone 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to modify the properties of arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in June 2011.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of conga as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Cluster Suite EL4
Metrics
7.1 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity High
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
Exploit Maturity Attacked
6.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.5 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.35% 0.02349
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02349
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.35% (0.02349) | 83.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01579) | 72.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00770) | 71.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02078) | 73.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00770) | 71.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 73.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 72.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 68.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 67.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 23, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 66.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 64.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.23% (0.01232) | 41.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (13)
- http://osvdb.org/72729 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/CVE-2011-1950 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44775 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8269 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518155/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48005 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1950 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711496 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67695 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qx8-589j-gcpx Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2011-16.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1950
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1950
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/72729 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/CVE-2011-1950 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/44775 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8269 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518155/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48005 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1950 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711496 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67695 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2qx8-589j-gcpx | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2011-16.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1950 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1950 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 6, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 9, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1950
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-2QX8-589J-GCPX Updated n/a