MEDIUM
plone: Non-Persistent XSS via crafted URL
Published Mar 7, 2017
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.59%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 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
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.2.4
- 4.2.5
- 4.2.6
- 4.2.7
- 4.3
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.3.3
- 4.3.4
- 4.3.5
- 4.3.6
- 4.3.7
- 4.3.8
- 4.3.9
- 4.3.10
- 4.3.11
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.1a1
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
5.3 MEDIUM GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality None
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Low
Subsequent System Integrity Low
Subsequent System Availability None
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
6.1 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
5.4 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.59% 0.01588
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01588
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 | 1.59% (0.01588) | 74.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01596) | 72.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.57% (0.00567) | 66.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 65.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 63.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 61.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 67.33th | 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 (1)
References (15)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7138 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1373442 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3hp-f8qr-cf3p Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-61.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7138
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210625091607/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210625092107/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7138
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 7, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 5, 2016
Link CVE-2016-7138
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-V3HP-F8QR-CF3P Updated n/a