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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-33509

Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted keyword arguments to the ReStructuredText transform in a Python script.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-33509

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 May 2021, 22:15 UTC

Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted keyword arguments to the ReStructuredText transform in a Python script.

osv:CVE-2021-33509
Complete source record
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  "id": "47ca774338c333f723138fa66aad77f3a47974fdced675292fe80703a3f2644a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-33509",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-33509",
    "summary": "Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted keyword arguments to the ReStructuredText transform in a Python script.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-33509",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-33509",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-33509",
        "GHSA-hm2p-fhwx-9285",
        "PYSEC-2021-81"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/plone/plone",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "d5b50de9c17faac5051d06141bd12cd3e40af8e8"
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                      {
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "5.2.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
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            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "5.2.3",
            "5.2.2",
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            "5.2.0",
            "5.2rc5",
            "5.2rc4",
            "5.2rc3",
            "5.2rc2",
            "5.2rc1",
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            "5.2a2",
            "5.2a1",
            "5.1rc1",
            "5.1b4",
            "5.1b3",
            "5.1b2",
            "5.1b1",
            "5.1a2",
            "5.1a1",
            "5.0.2",
            "5.0.1",
            "5.0",
            "5.0rc3",
            "5.0rc2",
            "5.0rc1",
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            "5.0b3",
            "5.0b1",
            "5.0a3",
            "5.0a2",
            "4.3.1",
            "4.3",
            "4.3b2",
            "4.3b1",
            "4.3a2",
            "4.3a1",
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            "4.1b1",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-33509.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:26.978089651Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20210518/writing-arbitrary-files-via-docutils-and-python-script"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "plone:plone",
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                  }
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              }
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-33509",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 431729,
  "published_at": "2021-05-21T22:15:08.537+00:00"
}