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Plone Unprotected MembershipTool Methods Arbitrary Portrait Manipulation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21219

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a Python application that is affected by an access control failure.

Description

The remote host is running Plone, an open source content manage system written in Python.

The version of Plone installed on the remote host does not limit access to the 'changeMemberPortrait' and 'deletePersonalPortrait' MembershipTool methods. An unauthenticated attacker can leverage this issue to delete member portraits or add / update portraits with malicious content.

Solution

Either install Hotfix 2006-04-10 1.0 or upgrade to Plone version 2.0.6 / 2.1.3 / 2.5-beta2 when they become available.

See Also

http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/5432

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21219

File Name: plone_membershiptool_access_control_bypass.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/14/2006

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:plone:plone

Required KB Items: www/plone

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1711

BID: 17484