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Chameleon in Plone allows Authentication Bypass

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 7, 2023

Package

pip Plone (pip)

Affected versions

>= 5.0rc1, <= 5.0.4
= 5.1a1

Patched versions

None

Description

Chameleon (five.pt) in Plone 5.0rc1 through 5.1a1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass Restricted Python by leveraging permissions to create or edit templates.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 24, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Jul 31, 2023
Last updated Nov 7, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2016-4043

GHSA ID

GHSA-6h8x-73fx-q2h9

Source code

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