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CVE-2013-4198 — plone

MEDIUM

CVE-2013-4198 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-264 vulnerability in plone. A fix is available for plone — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Plone's authenticated users able to alter their password despite of policy definition

Also known asPYSEC-2014-62
Published
Updated
Affected
3 pkgs
Patched
2 / 3
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 25, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.1%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs66th percentile — riskier than 66% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.54%1.08%1.62%0.3%1.1%Apr 26Aug 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

3 pkgs affected
🐍plone🐍plone🐍plone

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

mail_password.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the prohibition on password changes via the forgotten password email functionality.

Affected Packages

3 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIplone≥ 2.1No fix
🐍PyPIplone≥ 4.2&&< 4.2.64.2.6pip install --upgrade 'plone==4.2.6'
🐍PyPIplone≥ 4.3&&< 4.3.24.3.2pip install --upgrade 'plone==4.3.2'

Affected Products

1 product · 52 configurations
Application
ploneplone
52 versions
2.12.1.12.1.22.1.32.1.42.52.5.12.5.22.5.32.5.42.5.53.0

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for plone, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    A fix is available for CVE-2013-4198; check the affected-versions list above or the advisory for the patched release of plone, then make sure no transitive dependency still pins the vulnerable range.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

`mail_password.py` in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the prohibition on password changes via the forgotten password email functionality.
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CVE-2013-4198: plone — Fixed in 4.2.6