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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-35959

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:14 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-35959

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Jun 2021, 01:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2021-35959
Complete source record
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  "id": "69b3f067da2862546197cab36e4f6424496e28c8305d935c17ab2c8b0ba3932e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35959",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-35959",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-35959",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-35959",
        "GHSA-qfhw-fv3g-v836",
        "PYSEC-2021-110"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d5b50de9c17faac5051d06141bd12cd3e40af8e8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
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                      },
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                        "last_affected": "5.2.4"
                      }
                    ],
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                  }
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              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "5.2.0",
            "5.2rc5",
            "5.2rc4",
            "5.2rc3",
            "5.2rc2",
            "5.2rc1",
            "5.2b1",
            "5.2a2",
            "5.2a1",
            "5.1rc1",
            "5.1b4",
            "5.1b3",
            "5.1b2",
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            "5.1a2",
            "5.1a1",
            "5.0.2",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.200257987Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/stored-xss-in-folder-contents"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:a:plone:plone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "plone:plone",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
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                    "introduced": "5.0"
                  },
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                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-35959",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434168,
  "published_at": "2021-06-30T01:15:07.07+00:00"
}