CVE-2013-7061 Plone Privilege escalation through exposed underlying API
Remote administrators can bypass restrictions and access sensitive information via the search API in Plone.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-7061?
CVE-2013-7061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 2 May 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Products/CMFPlone/CatalogTool.py in Plone 3.3 through 4.3.2 allows remote administrators to bypass restrictions and obtain sensitive information via an unspecified search API.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7061?
6 open source packages ship an affected version, including plone, Plone and Products.CMFPlone. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
plone PyPI | From 3.3 | 4.3.3 |
plone PyPI | From 3.3b1 | 4.3.3 |
Plone PyPI | From 3.3b1 | 4.3.3 |
Products.CMFPlone PyPI | From 3.3 | 4.3.3 |
products-cmfplone PyPI | From 3.3 | 4.3.3 |
products-cmfplone PyPI | From 3.3 | 4.3.3 |
Products include Plone Plone.
How do I fix CVE-2013-7061?
Upgrade plone to 4.3.3 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2013-7061 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7061 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Plone Plone
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vr8-r7qr-fpvq, PYSEC-2014-66, PYSEC-2014-68.