🛡️ CVE-2013-4198 — plone

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-863 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Plone's authenticated users able to alter their password despite of policy definition

mail_password.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the prohibition on password changes via the forgotten password email functionality.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2013-4198 is classified as CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization. An authorisation check runs but reaches the wrong conclusion, permitting actions it should refuse.

Affected software

CVE-2013-4198 is recorded against 1 package.

  • plone (from 4.3 up to 4.3.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 17 May 2022 and last revised on 18 October 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
pypi.org (Web)
plone.org (Web)
plone.org (Web)
seclists.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE CWE-863
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-17
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
plone 4.3 4.3.2

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