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CVE-2011-1340

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1340 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plone versions prior to 2.5.3, specifically within the default_error_message.pt skin. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML via the type_name parameter when creating an object. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity with low impact on integrity (partial) and no impact on confidentiality or availability, requiring medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ploneFixed in: 2.5.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-cvwc-g7fw-7xrjmedium

Plone XSS Vulnerability

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2011-1340Moderate

plone: XSS vulnerability in default_error_message.pt

Feb 8, 2007

References

dev.plone.org / plone/changeset/12262
Patch
dev.plone.org / plone/ticket/6110
Exploit
jvndb.jvn.jp / jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000056
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN41222793/index.html