Plone Security Bypass
high Nessus Plugin ID 53546
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VPR Score: 6
Synopsis
The remote web server has an application that that is affected by a security bypass vulnerability.Description
The version of Plone on the remote host fails to require authentication to access several sensitive functions.Plone is built on top of Zope, which maps Python objects and their methods to URLs. Methods can have security restrictions, such as requiring a login account or a specific privilege level, applied to them to limit access. The installed version of Plone permits access to several methods that allow the adding, deleting, and changing content and users.
Solution
Apply Plone Hotfix CVE-2011-0720.See Also
http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/cve-2011-0720
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 53546
File Name: plone_authentication_bypass.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 4/25/2011
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: plone_detect.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: High
VPR Score: 6
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
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
Exploited by Nessus: true
Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0720
BID: 46102
Secunia: 43146