Plone Group Masquerading Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23240
Release Date: 2006-12-06
Popularity: 4,521 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Spoofing
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

Software:Plone 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4249


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Plone, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.

Successful exploitation allows a user to masquerade as a group, but requires that member registration is open to anonymous users. No further information is currently available.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 2.5.1 and 2.5.

Solution:
Install Plone Hotfix 20061031:
http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20061031

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://plone.org/about/security/advisories/cve-2006-4249/


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