HIGH
plone: hash table collisions CPU usage DoS (oCERT-2011-003)
Published Dec 30, 2011
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 3.22%
Description
Plone 4.1.3 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 4.1.3
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 3.1
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.5.1
- 3.1.6
- 3.1.7
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.3
- 3.3.1
- 3.3.2
- 3.3.3
- 3.3.4
- 3.3.5
- 3.3.6
- 4.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.9
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
conga
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | conga | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability High
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
7.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.22% 0.03220
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03220
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 87.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 3.34% (0.03341) | 87.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.15% (0.02153) | 79.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00893) | 73.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01871) | 88.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 1.87% (0.01871) | 88.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01871) | 86.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (12)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47406 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4462 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781683 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72018 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcwm-8jc3-qxvj Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2011-22.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4462
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4462
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47406 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4462 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781683 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72018 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcwm-8jc3-qxvj | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2011-22.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4462 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4462 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 30, 2011
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 17, 2011
Link CVE-2011-4462
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-PCWM-8JC3-QXVJ Updated n/a