---
id: CVE-2008-0164
aliases:
  - GHSA-4j3w-g62x-hrcp
  - PYSEC-2008-14
title: Plone Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
summary: Plone Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
severity: high
cvss: 7.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
vendor: plone
product: plone
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - plone < 3.1
patched:
  - plone 3.1
published: '2022-05-01'
updated: '2026-07-09'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4j3w-g62x-hrcp'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0164'
  - url: 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41263'
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Plone'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2008-14.yaml
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2008-15.yaml
  - url: 'http://plone.org/about/security/advisories/cve-2008-0164'
  - url: 'http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/CVE-2008-0164'
  - url: 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29361'
  - url: 'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3754'
  - url: 'http://www.procheckup.com/Hacking_Plone_CMS.pdf'
  - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489544/100/0/threaded'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00647
epssPercentile: 0.4927
ingestedAt: '2026-07-09T18:56:35.175Z'
---

## Overview

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Plone CMS before 3.1 allow remote attackers to (1) add arbitrary accounts via the join_form page and (2) change the privileges of arbitrary groups via the prefs_groups_overview page.

## Affected packages

- `plone < 3.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `plone 3.1`