Products.CMFPlone XSS in profile home_page propertyGHSA-859j-668v-mrr6
MEDIUMFix: plone/Products.CMFPlone#2233GHSA-859j-668v-mrr6 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in products-cmfplone. A fix is available for products-cmfplone — see the affected versions and patch details below.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
A member of the Plone 2.5-5.1rc1 site could set javascript in the home_page property of his profile, and have this executed when a visitor click the home page link on the author page.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | products-cmfplone | all versions | 4.3.17pip install --upgrade 'products-cmfplone==4.3.17' |
| 🐍PyPI | products-cmfplone | ≥ 5.0.0&&< 5.0.10 | 5.0.10pip install --upgrade 'products-cmfplone==5.0.10' |
| 🐍PyPI | products-cmfplone | ≥ 5.1a1&&< 5.1.0 | 5.1.0pip install --upgrade 'products-cmfplone==5.1.0' |
| 🐍PyPI | plone | ≥ 2.5a1&&< 4.3.16 | 4.3.16pip install --upgrade 'plone==4.3.16' |
| 🐍PyPI | plone | ≥ 5.0a1&&< 5.1.0 | 5.1.0pip install --upgrade 'plone==5.1.0' |
Affected Products
ploneploneDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for products-cmfplone, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update products-cmfplone to 4.3.17 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-859j-668v-mrr6 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-859j-668v-mrr6 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.