Plone group spoofing
| plone-group-spoofing (30762) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Plone could allow a remote attacker to spoof certain information, caused by an unspecified vulnerability in member registration. If anonymous users can register as a member, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability and falsely register as a group which has an unknown impact.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Other
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for this vulnerability as listed in the Plone Security Advisory. See References.
References:
- Plone Security Advisory : Security: PlonePAS user/group fix (CVE-2006-4249).
- Plone Web site: plone.org - plone.org.
- BID-21460: Plone Unspecified Group Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4249: Unspecified vulnerability in PlonePAS in Plone 2.5 and 2.5.1, when anonymous member registration is enabled, allows an attacker to masquerade as a group.
- SA23240: Plone Group Masquerading Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4878: Plone Member Registration Unspecified Remote Group Masquerading Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Plone Plone 2.5
- Plone Plone 2.5.1
Reported:
Dec 06, 2006
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