CVE-2013-4200
The isURLInPortal method in the URLTool class in in_portal.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 treats URLs starting with a space as a relative URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass the allow_external_login_sites filtering property, redirect users to arbitrary web sites, and conduct phishing attacks via a space before a URL in the "next" parameter to acl_users/credentials_cookie_auth/require_login.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-0082)
- Published
- January 21, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0082 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
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References
- http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20130618(Patch)
- http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20130618-announcement(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/01/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/530787/100/0/threaded
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4200
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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