CVE-2021-33512 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Plone through 5.2.4 allows stored XSS attacks (by a Contributor) by uploading an SVG or HTML document.

Published: 2021-05-21

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0194	Plone through 5.2.4 allows stored XSS attacks (by a Contributor) by uploading an SVG or HTML document.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hm2h-f456-6j88	Cross-site scripting in Plone

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00663.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/22/1
https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/stored-xss-from-file-upload-svg-html

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Plone Plone

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-05-21T21:32:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:43.157Z

Reserved: 2021-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33512

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-21T22:15:08.630

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:54:42.390

Link: CVE-2021-33512

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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