CVE-2006-1711

Plone 2.0.5, 2.1.2, 2.5-beta1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Portrait Modification via Unrestricted Method Access

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-1711. PoCs published by MJ0011.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates an access-control bypass in Plone's MembershipTool, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete member portrait images via a crafted HTTP request. The vulnerability stems from improper privilege enforcement on the `changeMemberPortrait` method.

Description

Plone 2.0.5, 2.1.2, and 2.5-beta1 does not restrict access to the (1) changeMemberPortrait, (2) deletePersonalPortrait, and (3) testCurrentPassword methods, which allows remote attackers to modify portraits.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by MJ0011 · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27630

This exploit demonstrates an access-control bypass in Plone's MembershipTool, allowing unauthenticated attackers to modify or delete member portrait images via a crafted HTTP request. The vulnerability stems from improper privilege enforcement on the `changeMemberPortrait` method.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Plone (versions affected by CVE-2006-1711)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target Plone instance · Knowledge of a valid member username
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/5432
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19633
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17484
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1032
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19640
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1340
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25781

Scores

EPSS 0.1172
EPSS Percentile 93.9%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
plone/plone 2.0.5
plone/plone 2.1.2
plone/plone 2.5_beta1
pypi/plone 0 - 2.0.6PyPI
Published Apr 11, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026