CVE-2011-0720: Plone Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2011-0720 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2011-02-03

Unspecified vulnerability in Plone 2.5 through 4.0, as used in Conga, luci, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access, read or create arbitrary content, and change the site skin via unknown vectors.

Technologies: plone (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2011-0720 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2011-0720 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2011-0720?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 3 February 2011.
Which products and versions are affected?
plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.0.1, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.5,fixed=4.0.4.
Is there a fix for CVE-2011-0720?
Yes. plone (PyPI): upgrade to 4.0.1, 4.0.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2011-0720?
Check whether you run plone (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • plone (PyPI): upgrade to 4.0.1, 4.0.4 or later
    pip install "plone>=4.0.4"

Affected products

  • plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.0.1, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.5,fixed=4.0.4

Identifiers

  • CVE-2011-0720
  • GHSA-3v28-9jjp-4g5w
  • PYSEC-2011-13

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