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PYSEC-2017-58

Quick fix

PYSEC-2017-58 — plone: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'plone>=4.3.12'

Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6 and 4.2.x through 4.3.11 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter in a getFile action to Plone/++theme++barceloneta/@@plone.resourceeditor.filemanager-actions.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/plone

Introduced in: 5.0Fixed in: 5.0.7

Fixpip install --upgrade 'plone>=4.3.12'

References

https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/filesystem-information-leak[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5[WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4[WEB]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80[WEB]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752[WEB]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7f9-65wr-pwch[ADVISORY]