CVE-2023-42457

HIGH

plone.rest 2.0.0a1-2.0.0 - Denial of Service via Repeated ++api++ Traverser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

plone.rest allows users to use HTTP verbs such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. in Plone. Starting in the 2.x branch and prior to versions 2.0.1 and 3.0.1, when the `++api++` traverser is accidentally used multiple times in a url, handling it takes increasingly longer, making the server less responsive. Patches are available in `plone.rest` 2.0.1 and 3.0.1. Series 1.x is not affected. As a workaround, one may redirect `/++api++/++api++` to `/++api++` in one's frontend web server (nginx, Apache).

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0082
EPSS Percentile 52.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-770
Status published
Products (3)
plone/rest 2.0.0
plone/rest 3.0.0
pypi/plone.rest 2.0.0a1 - 2.0.1PyPI
Published Sep 21, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026