4.3

CVE-2008-4571: plone Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2xPYSEC-2026-730
Published 15-10-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4571 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in plone. EPSS estimates a 1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (dev.plone.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Plone1 product
  • plone≤ 3.0.3 | 2.0.5 | 2.1.2 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.1_rc | 2.5.4 | 2.5_beta1 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2
PyPI1 product
  • plone< 3.0.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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