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medium 5.3

CVE-2013-4196 json

Plone is vulnerable to information exposure via the object manager implementation

published 2014-03-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-qphh-5fv5-2mjj , PYSEC-2014-60 , EUVD-2014-0078

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The object manager implementation (objectmanager.py) in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 does not properly restrict access to internal methods, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted request.

Patch / fix

  • pypi plone 4.1.1, 4.2.6, 4.3.2

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-2013-4196 updated cvss 5.0

plone: Multiple information exposure flaws via certain object methods (objectmanager.py)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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

1.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi plone
>=2.1, <4.1.1
>=4.2, <4.2.6
>=4.3, <4.3.2
4.1.1
4.2.6
4.3.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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