# CVE-2011-4462: Plone Denial of Service vulnerability

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2011-4462-plone-denial-of-service-vulnerability  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2011-12-30  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2011-4462 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2011-12-30

Plone 4.1.3 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.

Technologies: [plone (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-plone). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2011-4462 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2011-4462 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2011-4462?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 30 December 2011.

**Which products and versions are affected?** plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.1.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2011-4462?** Yes. plone (PyPI): upgrade to 4.1.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2011-4462?** 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 4.1.4 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "plone>=4.1.4"
  ```


## Affected products

- plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.1.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2011-4462
- GHSA-pcwm-8jc3-qxvj
- PYSEC-2011-22

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