CVE-2011-3587 in the critical feed json
Zope Command Execution Vulnerability
published 2011-10-10 15 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-8w48-m6hx-rjw2 , PYSEC-2026-1067 , EUVD-2011-0026
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 78.1%
- EPSS 78.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
- public exploits
- 2
- Metasploit, Exploit-DB
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in Zope 2.12.x and 2.13.x, as used in Plone 4.0.x through 4.0.9, 4.1, and 4.2 through 4.2a2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to the p_ class in OFS/misc_.py and the use of Python modules.
Patch / fix
- pypi zope2 2.12.20, 2.13.10
- github.com/zopefoundation/Zope@491a583 commit
- github.com/zopefoundation/Zope@6bb2fb3 commit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742297 patch
- pypi.python.org/pypi/Products.PloneHotfix20110928/1.0 patch
- zope2.zope.org/news/security-vulnerability-announcement-cve-2011-3587 patch
- plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20110928 patch
- plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20110928/PloneHotfix2011092… patch
- plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20110928 advisory
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-2011-3587 updated cvss 6.8
zope: Unspecified vulnerability in Zope v2.12.x and Zope v2.13.x allowing arbitrary code execution
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot 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
Timeline
- First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/plone_popen2)
- Published
Exploit prediction
78.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit exploit/multi/http/plone_popen2 Plone and Zope XMLTools Remote Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2011-10-04
- EDB-18262 Plone and Zope - Remote Command Execution webapps, 2011-12-21
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | zope2 | >=2.12.0, <2.12.20 >=2.13.0, <2.13.10 |
2.12.20 2.13.10 |
References
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=742297
web, patch
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pypi.python.org
/pypi/Products.PloneHotfix20110928/1.0
web, patch
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plone.org
/products/plone/security/advisories/20110928
web, patch, vendor-advisory
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zope2.zope.org
/news/security-vulnerability-announcement-cve-2011-3587
web, patch
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plone.org
/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20110928
web, patch
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plone.org
/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20110928/PloneHotfix20110928-1.0.zip
web, patch
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github.com
/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/491a583d8c6622b80c75917e5017c4bb4b15e477
web
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github.com
/zopefoundation/Zope/commit/6bb2fb3c04a76b00bec9bd7c069733e06fa6ebe9
web
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secunia.com
/advisories/46221
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/46323
third-party-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3587
advisory
-
github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/products-plonehotfix20110928/PYSEC-2011-26.yaml
web
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github.com
/zopefoundation/Zope
package
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web.archive.org
/web/20111013043934/http://zope2.zope.org/news/security-vulnerability-announcement-cve-2011-3587
web
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pypi.org
/project/zope2
package
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-8w48-m6hx-rjw2
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2011-3587
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-8w48-m6hx-rjw2
- NVD CVE-2011-3587
- OSV PYSEC-2026-1067
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