MEDIUM
plone: sandbox bypass via str.format in templates
Published Mar 23, 2017
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.92%
Description
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
conga
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | conga | Not affected | 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:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Low
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
3.5 LOW Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.92% 0.01918
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01918
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.92% (0.01918) | 79.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02108) | 80.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 40.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 40.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00095) | 38.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 52.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 28.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01046) | 28.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.05% (0.01046) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (2)
References (11)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95679 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5524 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436640 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4 Advisory
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/a7d47692058e10ce89968e7ca4dacbdf44fcad4f
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/pull/1912
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-81.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5524
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/sandbox-escape x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5524
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95679 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5524 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436640 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/a7d47692058e10ce89968e7ca4dacbdf44fcad4f | ||
| https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/pull/1912 | ||
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2017-81.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5524 | ||
| https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/sandbox-escape | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5524 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 23, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 18, 2017
Link CVE-2017-5524
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-P5WR-VP8G-Q5P4 Updated n/a