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CVE-2016-7138

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7138 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the URL checking infrastructure of Plone CMS versions 5.x through 5.0.6, 4.x through 4.3.11, and 3.3.x through 3.3.6. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML by crafting a malicious URL. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for limited confidentiality and integrity impacts, primarily requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: conga

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-v3hp-f8qr-cf3pmedium

Plone XSS

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-7138Moderate

plone: Non-Persistent XSS via crafted URL

Aug 30, 2016

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
plone.org / security/hotfix/20160830/non-persistent-xss-in-plone-1
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539572/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/92752