What is CVE-2017-5524?

CVE-2017-5524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plone, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-5524?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Plone

CVE-2017-5524

Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Plone — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5524?: CVE-2017-5524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plone, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-5524?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.