CVE-2006-1711 Plone allows remote users to modify arbitrary portraits

What is CVE-2006-1711?

CVE-2006-1711 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 11 Apr 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Plone 2.0.5, 2.1.2, and 2.5-beta1 does not restrict access to the (1) changeMemberPortrait, (2) deletePersonalPortrait, and (3) testCurrentPassword methods, which allows remote attackers to modify portraits.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1711?

7 open source packages ship an affected version, including plone. It affects 1 product.

Products include Plone Plone.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1711?

Upgrade plone to 2.0.6 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2006-1711 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1711 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2011-3587 Zope Command Execution Vulnerability Critical 9.3
• CVE-2021-33926 Server-Side Request Forgery in Plone CMS High 8.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DSA-1032-1, GHSA-jcwh-rj6j-vm75, PYSEC-2026-733.