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CVE-2016-7139

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7139 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plone CMS versions 5.x up to 5.0.6, 4.x up to 4.3.11, and 3.3.x up to 3.3.6, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability requires user interaction and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: PloneFixed in: 5.0.6
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: PloneFixed in: 4.3.12
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: conga

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-pp4c-2692-7f37medium

Plone Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

May 14, 2022
redhatCVE-2016-7139Moderate

plone: Non-Persistent XSS in page template

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
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