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Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

CVE-2017-5524

Medium
4.3/10

Summary

Plone 4.x through 4.3.11, 5.x through 5.0.6, 5.1a1 and 5.1.a2 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • NONE

CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The software uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

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