CVE-2011-3587: Unspecified vulnerability in Zope 2.12.x and 2.13.x, as used in Plone 4.0.x through 4.0.9, 4.1, and 4.2 through 4.2a2, allows remote…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: This week (action score 60/100)
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 78% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.5% of all records.
- Fixed version: zope2 (PyPI) 2.12.20, 2.13.10.
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to zope2 (PyPI) 2.12.20, 2.13.10 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Unspecified vulnerability in Zope 2.12.x and 2.13.x, as used in Plone 4.0.x through 4.0.9, 4.1, and 4.2 through 4.2a2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via vectors related to the p_ class in OFS/misc_.py and the use of Python modules.
- Published
- Oct 10, 2011
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 78.0% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- —
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Action score
60
Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 23 / 30 · 78.0%
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Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- plone plone4.0
- plone plone4.0.1
- plone plone4.0.2
- plone plone4.0.3
- plone plone4.0.4
- plone plone4.0.5
- plone plone4.0.6.1
- plone plone4.0.7
+12 more rows
- plone plone4.0.8
- plone plone4.0.9
- plone plone4.1
- plone plone4.2
- plone plone4.2a1
- plone plone4.2a2
- zope zope2.12.0
- zope zope2.12.1
- zope zope2.12.10
- zope zope2.12.11
- zope zope2.12.12
- zope zope2.12.13
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | zope2 | from 2.12.0 · before 2.12.20 | 2.12.20 |
| PyPI | zope2 | from 2.13.0 · before 2.13.10 | 2.13.10 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2011-1950Jun 6, 2011 · plone.app.users in Plone 4.0 and 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to modify the properties of arbitrary accounts via unspecified…23Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2011-1340Aug 5, 2011 · Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in skins/plone_templates/default_error_message.pt in Plone before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to…17Monitor
- Later →CVE-2011-4462Dec 29, 2011 · Plone 4.1.3 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably…21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI:zope2 | 2.12.20 | Package registry (OSV) |
| PyPI:zope2 | 2.13.10 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Exploit-DB entry ×1
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | webapps | 2011-12-21 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/multi/http/plone_popen2Plone and Zope XMLTools Remote Command Executionexploit | 2011-10-04 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-6 d
- Published
- First PoC+72 d
- TodayNov 14, 2026+5514 d
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
—
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20110928/PloneHotfix20110928-1.0.zip
- plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20110928
- pypi.python.org/pypi/Products.PloneHotfix20110928/1.0
- secunia.com/advisories/46221
- secunia.com/advisories/46323
- zope2.zope.org/news/security-vulnerability-announcement-cve-2011-3587
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742297
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.