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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-5741 Detail

Description

Plone 2.5 through 2.5.4 and 3.0 through 3.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Python code via network data containing pickled objects for the (1) statusmessages or (2) linkintegrity module, which the module unpickles and executes.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (11/08/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of plone included in conga/luci packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/42071 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/42072 CVE, MITRE
http://plone.org/about/security/advisories/cve-2007-5741 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/27530 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27559 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1405 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483343/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26354 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3754 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38288 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5741
NVD Published Date:
11/07/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE