Cross-site Scripting and Open Redirect in Products.CMFPlone
Impact
Plone is vulnerable to reflected cross site scripting and open redirect when an attacker can get a compromised version of the image_view_fullscreen page in a cache, for example in Varnish. The technique is known as cache poisoning. Any later visitor can get redirected when clicking on a link on this page. Usually only anonymous users are affected, but this depends on your cache settings.
Patches
No patch is available for the Products.CMFPlone 4 series. Versions 5.0 and higher are not affected, but two other packages used by these versions are affected.
plone.app.contenttypes has the same problem in all versions, see advisory.
In Plone 5.0-5.2, the default Products.ATContentTypes version has the same problem. See advisory.
Plone 5.2.7 and 6.0.0a3 will be released today and will include these fixes.
For all unpatched versions of the three packages, you can use the following workaround.
Workaround
Make sure the image_view_fullscreen page is not stored in the cache. In Plone:
- Login as Manager and go to Site Setup.
- Go to the 'Caching' control panel. If this does not exist, or 'Enable caching' is not checked, you should normally not be vulnerable.
- Click on the tab 'Caching operations'.
- Under 'Legacy template mappings' locate the ruleset 'Content item view'.
- From the last column ('Templates') remove 'image_view_fullscreen'.
- Click on Save.
Reporter
This vulnerability was responsibly disclosed to the Plone Security Team by Gustav Hansen, F-Secure Consulting. Thank you!
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@plone.org This is also the correct address to use when you want to report a possible vulnerability. See our security report policy.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | products-cmfplone | < 5.0.0 | 5.0.0 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79- Platform
- Python (PyPI)
- Package
products-cmfplone- Disclosed
- 28.01.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 12:18
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: products-cmfplone
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 7
- First → latest
- 06.2011 01.2022
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Medium 7
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 1
- 2018: 2
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 0
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
earlier: 3
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