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PYSEC-2017-61

Quick fix

PYSEC-2017-61 — plone: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'plone>=4.3.12'

Details

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.

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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/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1[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-v3hp-f8qr-cf3p[ADVISORY]