CVE-2021-33926 Server-Side Request Forgery in Plone CMS

High 8.8 Published Updated

Attackers can access sensitive information via the RSS feed portlet in Plone CMS, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

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-2021-33926?

CVE-2021-33926 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 17 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue in Plone CMS v. 5.2.4, 5.2.3, 5.2.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.0, 5.1rc2, 5.1rc1, 5.1b4, 5.1b3, 5.1b2, 5.1a2, 5.1a1, 5.1.7, 5.1.6, 5.1.5, 5.1.4, 5.1.2, 5.1.1 5.1, 5.0rc3, 5.0rc2, 5.0rc1, 5.0.9, 5.0.8, 5.0.7, 5.0.6, 5.0.5, 5.0.4, 5.0.3, 5.0.2, 5.0.10, 5.0.1, 5.0, 4.3.9, 4.3.8, 4.3.7, 4.3.6, 4.3.5, 4.3.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.20, 4 allows attacker to access sensitive information via the RSS feed protlet.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-33926?

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

PackageAffectedFixed in
plone PyPIFrom 4.35.2.5
plone PyPIFrom 4.35.2.5
Plone PyPIFrom 4.35.2.5

Products include Plone Plone.

How do I fix CVE-2021-33926?

Upgrade plone to 5.2.5 or later.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2021-33926 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-33926 exists.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-47p5-p3jw-w78w, PYSEC-2023-289.

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