CVE-2017-5524
Plone Sandbox Escape
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
CVE-2017-5524- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
CVE-2017-5524- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0098 No score
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0098- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4
Plone Sandbox Escape
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
GHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
CVE-2017-5524- CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4
Plone Sandbox Escape
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
GHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.0
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-81 No score
Plone 4.x through 4.3.11 and 5.x through 5.0.6 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and obtain sensitive information by leveraging the Python string format method.
- Record
PYSEC-2017-81- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
plonePyPI |
4.0 up to 4.3.12 | 4.3.12 |
plonePyPI |
5.0rc1 up to 5.0.7 | 5.0.7 |
plonePyPI |
5.1a1 to 5.1a2 | 5.1b1 |
plonePyPI |
4.0 up to 4.3.12, plus listed versions 4.0.14.0.104.0.24.0.34.0.4 Show 45 moreShow less4.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.94.14.1.14.1.24.1.34.1.44.1.54.1.64.1a14.1a24.1a34.1b14.1b24.1rc24.1rc34.24.2.14.2.24.2.34.2.44.2.54.2.64.2.74.2a14.2a24.2b14.2b24.2rc14.2rc24.34.3.14.3.104.3.114.3.24.3.34.3.44.3.54.3.64.3.74.3.84.3.9 |
4.3.12 |
plonePyPI |
5.1a1 up to 5.1b1, plus listed versions 5.1a2 |
5.1b1 |
plonePyPI |
5.0rc1 up to 5.0.7, plus listed versions 5.05.0.15.0.25.0.35.0.4 Show 4 moreShow less5.0.55.0.65.0rc25.0rc3 |
5.0.7 |
plonePyPI |
before 4.3.12, 5.0a1 up to 5.0.7, plus listed versions 3.23.2.13.2.23.2.33.2a1 Show 45 moreShow less3.2rc13.33.3.13.3.23.3.33.3.43.3.53.3.63.3b13.3rc13.3rc23.3rc33.3rc43.3rc54.04.0.14.0.104.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.94.0a14.0a24.0a34.0a44.0a54.0b14.0b24.0b34.0b44.0b54.0rc14.14.1.14.1.24.1.34.1.44.1.54.1.64.1a14.1a2 |
4.3.125.0.7 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-5524 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Plone, published March 23, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.92%, the 79th percentile. Fixed in plone 4.3.12.
References
plone.org/security/hotfix/20170117/sandbox-escape
securityfocus.com/bid/95679
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/18/6
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5524
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p5wr-vp8g-q5p4
Left out here: 57 versions. The JSON record has them.