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SCA: security update for Plone (GHSA-r7j4-82xw-8m9p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431731

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Unspecified vulnerability in PlonePAS in Plone 2.5 and 2.5.1, when anonymous member registration is
 enabled, allows an attacker to "masquerade as a group." (CVE-2006-4249)

Solution

Update the Plone library and its related packages to version 2.5.2 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7j4-82xw-8m9p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431731

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-4249

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4249

BID: 21460