CVE-2013-7061
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedProducts/CMFPlone/CatalogTool.py in Plone 3.3 through 4.3.2 allows remote administrators to bypass restrictions and obtain sensitive information via an unspecified search API.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn access control bypass vulnerability in Products/CMFPlone/CatalogTool.py allows authenticated remote administrators to bypass intended restrictions and retrieve sensitive information through the search API in Plone versions 3.3 through 4.3.2.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.3= 3.3.1= 3.3.2= 3.3.3= 3.3.4= 3.3.5= 3.3.6= 4.0= 4.0.1= 4.0.2= 4.0.3= 4.0.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Plone versionCheck the installed Plone version by inspecting the eggs or portal_migration. In a Plone site, go to Site Setup > Version and check the Plone version, or check the buildout/egg versions installed in the Python environment.Affected if The installed version is between 3.3 and 4.3.2 inclusive, specifically 3.3.x or 4.0.x through 4.0.4 as listed in the affected versions.
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Verify CatalogTool.py search API is availableConfirm the Products.CMFPlone package is installed and the CatalogTool.py module exists in the installation. This is typically found in the Plone egg under Products/CMFPlone/CatalogTool.py.Affected if The CatalogTool.py module exists and the Plone search API (portal_catalog) is accessible to authenticated users.
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Confirm administrator-level access existsCheck if there are any user accounts with Administrator role in the Plone site. Use the ZMI (Zope Management Interface) at /manage_main or check portal_membership for users with Manager or Administrator roles.Affected if There is at least one authenticated administrator/manager account that could potentially exploit this bypass.
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Inspect search API access controlsReview the CatalogTool.py search method in the installed Products.CMFPlone package. The vulnerability allows bypass of role-based restrictions on search results. Check if the search method properly enforces access controls on returned objects.Affected if The search method does not properly restrict access to sensitive content based on user roles, allowing administrators to see content they should not access.
A Plone installation is affected if it runs version 3.3.x or 4.0.x through 4.0.4, has the search API accessible to authenticated administrators, and the CatalogTool.py search method lacks proper role-based access control enforcement.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to Plone 4.3.3 or later, or apply the vendor patch to fix the access control logic in the CatalogTool.py search functionality.
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