CVE-2010-2422 Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in PortalTransforms

What is CVE-2010-2422?

CVE-2010-2422 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 23 Jun 2010. 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 PortalTransforms in Plone 2.1 through 3.3.4 before hotfix 20100612 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the safe_html transform.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2422?

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-2010-2422?

Upgrade plone to a fixed version for your release line: 3.3.5 or 3.3.6.

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-2010-2422 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2422 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-qj7x-wm9q-qjx8, PYSEC-2010-19.