CVE-2016-7147
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage_findResult component in the search feature in Zope ZMI in Plone before 4.3.12 and 5.x before 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving double quotes,…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the manage_findResult component in the search feature in Zope ZMI in Plone before 4.3.12 and 5.x before 5.0.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving double quotes, as demonstrated by the obj_ids:tokens parameter. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7140.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.33% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- plone/plone
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/non-persistent-xss-in-zope2Vendor Advisory
- https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96117
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/non-persistent-xss-in-zope2Vendor Advisory
- https://www.curesec.com/blog/article/blog/Plone-XSS-186.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.