🛡️ CVE-2006-4249 — plone
Description
Plone allows a user to masquerade as a group
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."
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.
Affected software
CVE-2006-4249 is recorded against 1 package.
- plone (from 2.5 up to 2.5.2)
Timeline and source
Published on 1 May 2022 and last revised on 9 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
plone.org (Web)
plone.org (Web)
secunia.com (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)
www.vupen.com (Web)
Details
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| plone | 2.5 | 2.5.2 |
References
Similar Threats
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- Unknown CVE-2010-2422
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- High CVE-2011-4030
- High CVE-2012-5485
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