Description
plone.app.dexterity is a content-type system for the Plone content management system, and plone.app.contenttypes provides Plone’s Dexterity-based content types. Plone.app.dexterity versions through 3.2.2, 4.0.0 through 4.1.2, and 5.0.0, and plone.app.contenttypes versions through 3.0.11, 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, and 5.0.0 are vulnerable to denial of service because an authenticated user can create content with excessively long titles, descriptions, or uploaded-file names, causing Plone to become unresponsive and potentially making the resulting content difficult to edit or delete. The vulnerability is patched in plone.app.dexterity versions 3.2.3, 4.1.3, and 5.0.1, and in plone.app.contenttypes versions 3.0.12, 4.0.10, and 5.0.1.
Published: 2026-09-22
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

An authenticated Plone user is able to create content items with excessively long titles, descriptions, or filenames. The resulting storage or processing overhead causes Plone to become unresponsive and makes the problematic content difficult to edit or delete. This is a denial‑of‑service vulnerability rooted in improper input size validation (CWE‑400).

Affected Systems

Affected products are plone.app.dexterity and plone.app.contenttypes. The vulnerability exists in plone.app.dexterity versions through 3.2.2, 4.0.0 through 4.1.2, and 5.0.0, and in plone.app.contenttypes versions through 3.0.11, 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, and 5.0.0.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score is 6.5, indicating moderate severity. EPSS is unavailable so the exploitation likelihood is unknown and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV. The attack requires an authenticated user with content creation rights, so it is not a remote unauthenticated vector. While the exploit does not immediately compromise confidentiality or integrity, repeated usage can degrade service availability and hinder content management.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 23, 2026 at 00:24 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Apply the latest patch for plone.app.dexterity (v3.2.3 or later, v4.1.3 or later, or v5.0.1 or later)
  • Apply the latest patch for plone.app.contenttypes (v3.0.12 or later, v4.0.10 or later, or v5.0.1 or later)
  • If patching is not immediately possible, restrict permissions so only trusted users can create content with large titles or filenames.
  • Audit existing content for unusually long titles or filenames and consider editing or deleting problematic items.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 23, 2026 at 00:24 UTC.

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History

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description plone.app.dexterity is a content-type system for the Plone content management system, and plone.app.contenttypes provides Plone’s Dexterity-based content types. Plone.app.dexterity versions through 3.2.2, 4.0.0 through 4.1.2, and 5.0.0, and plone.app.contenttypes versions through 3.0.11, 4.0.0 through 4.0.9, and 5.0.0 are vulnerable to denial of service because an authenticated user can create content with excessively long titles, descriptions, or uploaded-file names, causing Plone to become unresponsive and potentially making the resulting content difficult to edit or delete. The vulnerability is patched in plone.app.dexterity versions 3.2.3, 4.1.3, and 5.0.1, and in plone.app.contenttypes versions 3.0.12, 4.0.10, and 5.0.1.
Title plone.app.dexterity and plone.app.contenttypes have a Denial of Service due to excessive title or description length
Weaknesses CWE-400
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-22T23:01:22.308Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T18:49:56.208Z

Link: CVE-2026-57576

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-22T23:17:07.420

Modified: 2026-09-22T23:17:07.420

Link: CVE-2026-57576

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T00:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-400

    Uncontrolled Resource Consumption