Privilege escalation for overwriting content

Versions affected

  • 5.2.1
  • 5.2.0
  • 5.1.6
  • 5.1.5
  • 5.1.4
  • 5.1.2
  • 5.1.1
  • 5.1
  • 5.1rc2
  • 5.1rc1
  • 5.1b4
  • 5.1b3
  • 5.1b2
  • 5.1a2
  • 5.1a1
  • 5.0.10
  • 5.0.9
  • 5.0.8
  • 5.0.7
  • 5.0.6
  • 5.0.5
  • 5.0.4
  • 5.0.3
  • 5.0.2
  • 5.0.1
  • 5.0
  • 5.0rc3
  • 5.0rc2
  • 5.0rc1
  • 4.3.19
  • 4.3.18
  • 4.3.17
  • 4.3.15
  • 4.3.14
  • 4.3.12
  • 4.3.11
  • 4.3.10
  • 4.3.9
  • 4.3.8
  • 4.3.7
  • 4.3.6
  • 4.3.5
  • 4.3.4
  • 4.3.3
  • 4.3.2
  • 4.3.1
  • 4.3

Vulnerability

You might be able to PUT (overwrite) some content without needing write permission. This seems hard to do in practice though. This fix is only needed when you use plone.app.contenttypes.

Current status

Patched

Credits

Discovered by

  • Alessandro Pisa

Fixed by

  • Alessandro Pisa

Coordinated by

  • Plone Security Team