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CVE-2015-7293
high
CVSS 8.8
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in plone (CVE-2015-7293)
Summary
vulnerability in plone (CVE-2015-7293). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `5.0a1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2015-7293** has been found in plone.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade plone to **5.0a1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "plone CVE-2015-7293" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-7293 (plone) — CWE-352 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: `5.0a1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**CSRF** (CWE-352) exists in plone.
📍 Affected scope
plone — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **5.0a1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'plone' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'plone' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `plone` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade plone to 5.0a1ステージング環境で 5.0a1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
plone
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0a1"}]}]
References
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p3qm-44cf-f8qx
- web http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133889/Zope-Management-Interface-4.3.7-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- web https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20151006
- web https://pypi.python.org/pypi/plone4.csrffixes
- web https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38411/