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CVE-2015-7316
medium
CVSS 6.1
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in plone (CVE-2015-7316)
Summary
cross-site scripting in plone (CVE-2015-7316). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087, 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, 5.0rc2` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2015-7316** has been found in plone.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: upgrade plone to **3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087, 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, 5.0rc2** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "plone CVE-2015-7316" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-7316 (plone) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: `3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087, 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, 5.0rc2` — 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
**Cross-site scripting (XSS)** (CWE-79) exists in plone.
📍 Affected scope
plone — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087, 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, 5.0rc2**.
🛡️ 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 3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087, 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, 5.0rc2ステージング環境で 3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087, 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, 5.0rc2 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
[{"repo":"https:\/\/github.com\/plone\/Products.CMFPlone","type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"4.0a1"},{"introduced":"4.0"},{"fixed":"4.1a1"},{"introduced":"4.1"},{"fixed":"4.2a1"},{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.3a1"},{"introduced":"4.3"},{"fixed":"4.3.7"},{"introduced":"5.0a1"},{"fixed":"5.0rc2"}]}]
References
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf8g-m3vq-6p4p
- patch https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087
- report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264788
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/14
- web https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20150910/non-persistent-xss-in-plone