CVE-2011-2528 High severity vulnerability that affects Plone and Zope2

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can gain elevated privileges in Zope and Plone due to an incomplete fix for a previous vulnerability.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2011-2528?

CVE-2011-2528 is a high-severity vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 19 Jul 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in (1) Zope 2.12.x before 2.12.19 and 2.13.x before 2.13.8, as used in Plone 4.x and other products, and (2) PloneHotfix20110720 for Plone 3.x allows attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to a "highly serious vulnerability." NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-0720.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2528?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including plone, Plone and Zope2. It affects 3 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
plone PyPIFrom 3.3.23.3.6
plone PyPIFrom 3.3.23.3.6
Plone PyPIFrom 3.3.23.3.6
Zope2 PyPIFrom 2.12.02.12.19
Zope2 PyPIFrom 2.13.02.13.8
zope2 PyPIFrom 2.12.02.12.19, 2.13.8
2 more packages
zope2 PyPIFrom 2.12.02.12.19
zope2 PyPIFrom 2.13.02.13.8

Products include Plone Plone, Plone Plone Hotfix 20110720, Zope Zope.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2528?

Upgrade plone to 3.3.6 or later.

Is CVE-2011-2528 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2528 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-p6h9-hpcg-c6gm, PYSEC-2011-25, PYSEC-2026-764.

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