CVE-2008-4571 Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module

What is CVE-2008-4571?

CVE-2008-4571 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 15 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4571?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including plone and Plone. It affects 1 product.

Products include Plone Plone.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4571?

Upgrade plone to 3.0.4 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2008-4571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x, PYSEC-2026-730.