# CVE-2024-0669: Cross-Frame Scripting (XFS) on Plone CMS

> An attacker can inject malicious iframes via stored URLs, potentially executing code or taking over administrator accounts in Plone CMS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xfx-55x4-j223, PYSEC-2026-1797

## What is CVE-2024-0669?

CVE-2024-0669 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 18 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Cross-Frame Scripting vulnerability has been found on Plone CMS affecting verssion below 6.0.5. An attacker could store a malicious URL to be opened by an administrator and execute a malicios iframe element.

Weakness: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0669?

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


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `plone` | PyPI | All versions | 6.0.7 |
| `plone` | PyPI | All versions | 6.0.7 |
| `Plone` | PyPI | All versions | 6.0.7 |

Products: Plone Plone.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0669?

Upgrade plone to 6.0.7 or later.

## Is CVE-2024-0669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0669 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-2024-0669 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0669 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 18 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- plone (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.0.7
- plone (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.0.7
- Plone (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 6.0.7

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-2024-0669/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0669/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0669
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0669
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0669

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0669/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.