01 Record

CVE-2016-7135

Directory traversal vulnerability in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6 and 4.2.x through 4.3.11 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter in a getFile

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Plone CMS 5.x through 5.0.6 and 4.2.x through 4.3.11 allows remote administrators to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter in a getFile

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 85.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-03-07 16:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cf1d909d84c4ed95c7167873a6d47de67eabe52d879bf95fd0e7834862053a24

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ploneploneNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139110/Plone-CMS-4.3.11-5.0.6-XSS-Traversal-Open-Redirection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
seclists.org20161019 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Plone CMShttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/80mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
plone.orghttps://plone.org/security/hotfix/20160830/filesystem-information-leakx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160905 Re: CVE request: Plone multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160905 Re: CVE request: Plone multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com20161012 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Plone CMShttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539572/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.securityfocus.com92752http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92752vdb-entryx_refsource_BID