GHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f: Products.CMFPlone Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
MODERATEGHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f is a MODERATE (CVSS 4.3) cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) affecting Products.CMFPlone libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves cross-site scripting and open redirect in products.cmfplone. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 5.0.0.
GHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 4.3
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
How to Fix GHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Products.CMFPlone dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
pip install Products.CMFPlone>=5.0.0
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
pip show Products.CMFPlone
How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Python environment is affected by GHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f, inspect your installed packages using pip:
pip show Products.CMFPlone
Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Products.CMFPlone in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 5.0.0), your application is affected.
Note: The pip show Products.CMFPlone command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), where the product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. In Products.CMFPlone, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
GHSA-8w54-22w9-3g8f Affected Products.CMFPlone Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Products.CMFPlone
|
PyPI |
< 5.0.0
|
5.0.0
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"modified" : "2022-01-31T20:25:54Z",
"published" : "2022-01-28T23:10:40Z",
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"summary" : "Cross-site Scripting and Open Redirect in Products.CMFPlone",
"details" : "### Impact\nPlone 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.\nThe technique is known as cache poisoning.\nAny later visitor can get redirected when clicking on a link on this page.\nUsually only anonymous users are affected, but this depends on your cache settings.\n\n### Patches\nNo patch is available for the Products.CMFPlone 4 series.\nVersions 5.0 and higher are not affected, but two other packages used by these versions are affected.\n\n`plone.app.contenttypes` has the same problem in all versions, see [advisory](https://github.com/plone/plone.app.contenttypes/security/advisories/GHSA-f7qw-5fgj-247x).\nIn Plone 5.0-5.2, the default Products.ATContentTypes version has the same problem. See [advisory](https://github.com/plone/Products.ATContentTypes/security/advisories/GHSA-g4c2-ghfg-g5rh).\nPlone 5.2.7 and 6.0.0a3 will be released today and will include these fixes.\n\nFor all unpatched versions of the three packages, you can use the following workaround.\n\n### Workaround\nMake sure the image_view_fullscreen page is not stored in the cache.\nIn Plone:\n\n* Login as Manager and go to Site Setup.\n* Go to the 'Caching' control panel. If this does not exist, or 'Enable caching' is not checked, you should normally not be vulnerable.\n* Click on the tab 'Caching operations'.\n* Under 'Legacy template mappings' locate the ruleset 'Content item view'.\n* From the last column ('Templates') remove 'image_view_fullscreen'.\n* Click on Save.\n\n### Reporter\nThis vulnerability was responsibly disclosed to the Plone Security Team by Gustav Hansen, F-Secure Consulting. Thank you!\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@plone.org](mailto:security@plone.org)\nThis is also the correct address to use when you want to report a possible vulnerability.\nSee [our security report policy](https://plone.org/security/report).",
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