Plone member_id data manipulation
| plone-memberid-data-manipulation (25781) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Plone could allow a remote attacker to manipulate data caused by a vulnerability in changeMemberPortrait and deletePersonalPortrait. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the member_id parameter to manipulate or delete a user's portrait.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
- Plone, Plone 2.0.5
- Plone, Plone 2.1.2
- Plone, Plone 2.5 beta1
Remedy:
Apply the Hotfix for this vulnerability (2006-04-10 1.0 or later), as listed in the Plone Ticket #5432. See References.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- Plone Ticket #5432, Portrait methods lack security declarations or any other security framework at http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/5432.
- BID-17484: Plone MembershipTool Access Control Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1711: Plone 2.0.5, 2.1.2, and 2.5-beta1 does not restrict access to the (1) changeMemberPortrait, (2) deletePersonalPortrait, and (3) testCurrentPassword methods, which allows remote attackers to modify portraits.
- DSA-1032: zope-cmfplone -- programming error
- SA19633: Plone "member_id" Parameter Portrait Manipulation Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1340: Plone member_id Parameter Handling Portrait Manipulation Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 13, 2006
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