Medium

Plone CMS until version 5.2.4 has a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user fullname property and the file upload functionality. The user's input data is not properly encoded when

  • Disclosed: 20.05.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:20

Plone CMS until version 5.2.4 has a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user fullname property and the file upload functionality. The user's input data is not properly encoded when being echoed back to the user. This data can be interpreted as executable code by the browser and allows an attacker to execute JavaScript in the context of the victim's browser if the victim opens a vulnerable page containing an XSS payload.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) plone < 5.2.4 5.2.4

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
plone
Disclosed
20.05.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 12:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hprr-4vfq-fcxw - CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2021-78 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: plone

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (101) in the archive
Total entries
101
First → latest
09.2006 03.2024
Without a fix
10
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 5
  • High 36
  • Medium 58
  • Low 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2017: 15
  2. 2018: 4
  3. 2019: 0
  4. 2020: 10
  5. 2021: 10
  6. 2022: 7
  7. 2023: 1
  8. 2024: 2
  9. 2025: 0
  10. 2026: 0

earlier: 52

Severity:
  1. High · 7.1 CVE-2024-0669 < 6.0.7 6.0.7
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2021-33926 >= 4.3, < 5.2.5 5.2.5
  3. High CVE-2011-4030 >= 4.0, < 4.0.10, >= 4.1, < 4.1.1, >= 4.2a1, < 4.2a3 4.0.10, 4.1.1, 4.2a3
  4. High CVE-2008-1393 < 3.0 3.0
  5. High CVE-2008-1394 < 3.0 3.0
  6. High · 7.5 CVE-2021-33511 <= 5.2.4 no fix
  7. Critical · 9.9 CVE-2021-33509 < 5.2.5 5.2.5
  8. Plone CMS until version 5.2.4 has a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the user fullname property and the file upload functionality. The user's input data is not properly encoded when this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2021-3313 < 5.2.4 5.2.4
  9. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-28736 < 5.2.3 5.2.3
  10. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-28735 < 5.2.3 5.2.3
  11. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-28734 < 5.2.3 5.2.3
  12. High · 8.8 CVE-2020-7938 >= 5.2.0, < 5.2.2 5.2.2
  13. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2020-7941 >= 4.3, <= 5.2.1 no fix
  14. High · 7.5 CVE-2012-6661 >= 3.2.2, < 4.2.3, >= 4.3a1, < 4.3b1 4.2.3, 4.3b1
  15. High · 7.5 CVE-2012-5507 >= 3.2.2, < 4.2.3, >= 4.3a1, < 4.3b1 4.2.3, 4.3b1
  16. High · 7.5 CVE-2012-5503 < 4.2.3, >= 4.3a1, < 4.3b1 4.2.3, 4.3b1
  17. High · 6.5 CVE-2012-5489 >= 3.2.2, < 4.2.3, >= 4.3a1, < 4.3b1 4.2.3, 4.3b1
  18. High · 7.5 CVE-2012-5486 >= 3.3.2, < 4.2.3, >= 4.3a1, < 4.3b1 4.2.3, 4.3b1
  19. High · 7.5 CVE-2011-4462 < 4.1.4 4.1.4
  20. High CVE-2011-2528 >= 3.3.2, < 3.3.6 3.3.6
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