Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage_findResult component in the search feature in Zope ZMI in Plone before 4.3.12 and 5.x before 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving double quotes, as demonstrated by the obj_ids:tokens parameter
Published Feb 4, 2017
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.33%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage_findResult component in the search feature in Zope ZMI in Plone before 4.3.12 and 5.x before 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving double quotes, as demonstrated by the obj_ids:tokens parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7140.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.5.5
- 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
- 5.0.1
- 5.0.2
- 5.0.3
- 5.0.4
- 5.0.5
- 5.0.6
- 5.1
- 5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
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
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.33% (0.01334) | 70.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.34% (0.01342) | 67.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00298) | 51.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 52.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 51.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 49.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84jm-cpc5-c7g7 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-64.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7147
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117 x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/non-persistent-xss-in-zope2 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002551/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117
- https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.html | ||
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-84jm-cpc5-c7g7 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-64.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7147 | ||
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117 | x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/non-persistent-xss-in-zope2 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002551/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117 | ||
| https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.html | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.