CVE-2021-35959: Plone has stored XSS in folder contents

May 24, 2022 (updated October 18, 2024)

In Plone 5.0 through 5.2.4, Editors are vulnerable to XSS in the folder contents view, if a Contributor has created a folder with a SCRIPT tag in the description field.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qfhw-fv3g-v836
github.com/plone/Plone
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2021-110.yaml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35959
plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/stored-xss-in-folder-contents

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