# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 May 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4vr8-r7qr-fpvq, PYSEC-2014-66, PYSEC-2014-68

## 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 | Ecosystem | 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: Plone Plone.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-7061?

Upgrade plone to 4.3.3 or later.

## 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

- [CVE-2021-33509](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33509/): Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource in Plone (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-35190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35190/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-7941](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7941/): Plone Unauthenticated Write Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2011-3587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3587/): Zope Command Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2021-33926](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33926/): Server-Side Request Forgery in Plone CMS (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-7061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- plone (PyPI): affected from 3.3; fixed in 4.3.3
- plone (PyPI): affected from 3.3b1; fixed in 4.3.3
- Plone (PyPI): affected from 3.3b1; fixed in 4.3.3
- Products.CMFPlone (PyPI): affected from 3.3; fixed in 4.3.3
- products-cmfplone (PyPI): affected from 3.3; fixed in 4.3.3
- products-cmfplone (PyPI): affected from 3.3; fixed in 4.3.3

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-7061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.