CVE-2011-1949 json
Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
published 2011-06-06 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-h6hq-c896-w882 , PYSEC-2011-15 , EUVD-2011-0020
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.9%
- EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the safe_html filter in Products.PortalTransforms in Plone 2.1 through 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2422.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2011-1949 updated cvss 4.3
plone: A persistent cross site scripting vulnerability
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 conganot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 3.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | plone | >=3.3.2, <3.3.6 >=4.0a0, <4.0.6 >=4.1a0, <4.1.1 <4.1.1 |
3.3.6 4.0.6 4.1.1 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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plone.org
/products/plone/security/advisories/CVE-2011-1949
web, patch, vendor-advisory, advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/44775
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory, advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/44776
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory, advisory
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osvdb.org
/72728
vdb-entry, web
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securityfocus.com
/bid/48005
vdb-entry, web
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securityreason.com
/securityalert/8269
third-party-advisory, web
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/67694
vdb-entry, web
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/518155/100/0/threaded
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1949
advisory
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-h6hq-c896-w882
advisory
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github.com
/plone/Plone
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2011-15.yaml
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2011-1949
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h6hq-c896-w882
- NVD CVE-2011-1949
- OSV PYSEC-2011-15
Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.