What is CVE-2015-7316?

CVE-2015-7316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plone, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-7316?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Plone

CVE-2015-7316

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plone 3.3.0 through 3.3.6, 4.0.0 through 4.0.10, 4.1.0 through 4.1.6, 4.2.0 through 4.2.7, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 5.0rc1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-09-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Plone — versions 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/14 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee… (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
plone.org/security/hotfix/20150910/non-persistent-xss-in-plone (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7316?: CVE-2015-7316 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plone, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-7316?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.