---
id: CVE-2017-1000482
aliases:
  - GHSA-859j-668v-mrr6
  - PYSEC-2018-71
  - PYSEC-2026-2962
title: Products.CMFPlone XSS in profile home_page property
summary: Products.CMFPlone XSS in profile home_page property
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
vendor: products-cmfplone
product: products-cmfplone
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - products-cmfplone < 4.3.17
  - 'products-cmfplone >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.10'
  - 'products-cmfplone >= 5.1a1, < 5.1.0'
  - 'plone >= 2.5a1, < 4.3.16'
  - 'plone >= 5.0a1, < 5.1.0'
patched:
  - products-cmfplone 4.3.17
  - products-cmfplone 5.0.10
  - products-cmfplone 5.1.0
  - plone 4.3.16
  - plone 5.1.0
published: '2022-05-14'
updated: '2026-07-13'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-859j-668v-mrr6'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000482'
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/issues/2232'
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/pull/2233'
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/pull/2234'
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/pull/2235'
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/pull/2236'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/05a943ecbcdda56bacc93b55c9e2e908d8a7dfab
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/0e50e1e67ea3b6d3187f78cb1a1628081f654d3b
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/236b62b756ff46a92783b3897e717dfb15eb07d8
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/commit/7db5b2c8fb684055987b8c4fdedc29289bd26373
  - url: 'https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2018-71.yaml
  - url: >-
      https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20171128/xss-using-the-home_page-member-property
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00565
epssPercentile: 0.45677
ingestedAt: '2026-07-13T18:57:54.819Z'
---

## Overview

A member of the Plone site could set javascript in the `home_page` property of their profile, and have this executed when a visitor clicks the home page link on the author page.

## Affected packages

- `products-cmfplone < 4.3.17`
- `products-cmfplone >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.10`
- `products-cmfplone >= 5.1a1, < 5.1.0`
- `plone >= 2.5a1, < 4.3.16`
- `plone >= 5.0a1, < 5.1.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `products-cmfplone 4.3.17`
- `products-cmfplone 5.0.10`
- `products-cmfplone 5.1.0`
- `plone 4.3.16`
- `plone 5.1.0`