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Plone 4.3

Plone 4.3

The Plone 4.3 reached end of service life on Dec 12, 2022 — Plone no longer ships security patches or fixes for it. Our third-party support keeps it safe to run: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance.

End of Service LifeEOSL Date: Dec 12, 2022
Issue Management

24/7 engineers own your Plone 4.3 incidents end to end.

Vulnerability Remediation

Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.

Compliance Maintenance

Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.

Specifications

product
plone
release
4.3
product Label
Plone
release Label
4.3
codename
lts
latest Version
4.3.20
release Date
2013-04-06
maintained
source Url
https://endoflife.date/plone

Lifecycle Dates

End of Service Life
Dec 12, 2022
Last OEM Support
Aug 28, 2020

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OEM vs. 3rd Party Support

See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for Plone 4.3 — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.

FeatureOEM Support3rd Party Support
Post-EOSL Support
Break/Fix Support
Until EOSL
24/7 Monitoring
Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation
Managed Operations
Procedure & Configuration Review
Compliance & Audit Documentation
Limited
Discounted Migration to Other Platforms

Why Choose 3rd Party Support for Plone 4.3?

Vulnerability Remediation

Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for Plone 4.3 when the vendor no longer ships fixes.

Compliance Maintenance

Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.

24/7 Expert Support

Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.

Plone 4.3 Support: Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Plone 4.3 still supported?

Plone ended support for the Plone 4.3 on Dec 12, 2022 — no more patches or fixes from the vendor. Third-party support keeps it covered: our engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance for as long as you run it.

When is the Plone 4.3 end of service life (EOSL) date?

Plone lists the end of service life for the Plone 4.3 as Dec 12, 2022.

Can I keep using the Plone 4.3 after its EOSL date?

Yes. EOSL means Plone stops issuing patches and support — the software itself keeps running. Third-party support covers it from there: issue management, security vulnerability remediation, and the compliance documentation auditors ask for, for as long as you choose to run it.

How much does third-party support for the Plone 4.3 cost?

Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location — request a quote and we respond within 24 hours.

Known Vulnerabilities Affecting Plone 4.3

77 published CVEs affect the Plone 4.3, including 14 rated critical or high severity. Plone no longer ships security patches for this release — our engineers provide mitigation guidance, workarounds and hardening support.

CVESeverityCVSSPublishedSummary
CVE-2021-33509CRITICAL9.9May 21, 2021Plone through 5.2.4 allows remote authenticated managers to perform disk I/O via crafted keyword arguments to the ReStructuredText transform in a Python script.
CVE-2020-35190CRITICAL9.8Dec 17, 2020The official plone Docker images before version of 4.3.18-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the plone docker container deployed by affected versions of the docker image may allow a remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
CVE-2020-7941CRITICAL9.8Jan 23, 2020A privilege escalation issue in plone.app.contenttypes in Plone 4.3 through 5.2.1 allows users to PUT (overwrite) some content without needing write permission.
CVE-2021-33926HIGH8.8Feb 17, 2023An issue in Plone CMS v. 5.2.4, 5.2.3, 5.2.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.0, 5.1rc2, 5.1rc1, 5.1b4, 5.1b3, 5.1b2, 5.1a2, 5.1a1, 5.1.7, 5.1.6, 5.1.5, 5.1.4, 5.1.2, 5.1.1 5.1, 5.0rc3, 5.0rc2, 5.0rc1, 5.0.9, 5.0.8, 5.0.7, 5.0.6, 5.0.5, 5.0.4, 5.0.3, 5.0.2, 5.0.10, 5.0.1, 5.0, 4.3.9, 4.3.8, 4.3.7, 4.3.6, 4.3.5, 4.3.4, 4.3.3, 4.3.20, 4 allows attacker to access sensitive information via the RSS feed protlet.
CVE-2020-28736HIGH8.8Dec 30, 2020Plone before 5.2.3 allows XXE attacks via a feature that is protected by an unapplied permission of plone.schemaeditor.ManageSchemata (therefore, only available to the Manager role).
CVE-2020-28735HIGH8.8Dec 30, 2020Plone before 5.2.3 allows SSRF attacks via the tracebacks feature (only available to the Manager role).
CVE-2020-28734HIGH8.8Dec 30, 2020Plone before 5.2.3 allows XXE attacks via a feature that is explicitly only available to the Manager role.
CVE-2020-7939HIGH8.8Jan 23, 2020SQL Injection in DTML or in connection objects in Plone 4.0 through 5.2.1 allows users to perform unwanted SQL queries. (This is a problem in Zope.)
CVE-2015-7293HIGH8.8Sep 25, 2017Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Zope Management Interface 4.3.7 and earlier, and Plone before 5.x.
CVE-2012-5493HIGH8.5Sep 30, 2014gtbn.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to bypass the Python sandbox and execute arbitrary Python code via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2012-5487HIGH8.5Sep 30, 2014The sandbox whitelisting function (allowmodule.py) in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass the Python sandbox restriction and execute arbitrary Python code via vectors related to importing.
CVE-2021-33511HIGH7.5May 21, 2021Plone though 5.2.4 allows SSRF via the lxml parser. This affects Diazo themes, Dexterity TTW schemas, and modeleditors in plone.app.theming, plone.app.dexterity, and plone.supermodel.
CVE-2020-7940HIGH7.5Jan 23, 2020Missing password strength checks on some forms in Plone 4.3 through 5.2.0 allow users to set weak passwords, leading to easier cracking.
CVE-2016-4041HIGH7.3Feb 24, 2017Plone 4.0 through 5.1a1 does not have security declarations for Dexterity content-related WebDAV requests, which allows remote attackers to gain webdav access via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2021-32633MEDIUM6.8May 21, 2021Zope is an open-source web application server. In Zope versions prior to 4.6 and 5.2, users can access untrusted modules indirectly through Python modules that are available for direct use. By default, only users with the Manager role can add or edit Zope Page Templates through the web, but sites that allow untrusted users to add/edit Zope Page Templates through the web are at risk from this vulnerability. The problem has been fixed in Zope 5.2 and 4.6. As a workaround, a site administrator can
CVE-2012-5485MEDIUM6.8Sep 30, 2014registerConfiglet.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to execute Python code via unspecified vectors, related to the admin interface.
CVE-2021-21336MEDIUM6.5Mar 8, 2021Products.PluggableAuthService is a pluggable Zope authentication and authorization framework. In Products.PluggableAuthService before version 2.6.0 there is an information disclosure vulnerability - everyone can list the names of roles defined in the ZODB Role Manager plugin if the site uses this plugin. The problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0. Depending on how you have installed Products.PluggableAuthService, you should change the buildout version pin to 2.6.0 and re-run the buildout, or if
CVE-2017-1000483MEDIUM6.5Jan 3, 2018Accessing private content via str.format in through-the-web templates and scripts in Plone 2.5-5.1rc1. This improves an earlier hotfix. Since the format method was introduced in Python 2.6, this part of the hotfix is only relevant for Plone 4 and 5.
CVE-2012-5489MEDIUM6.5Sep 30, 2014The App.Undo.UndoSupport.get_request_var_or_attr function in Zope before 2.12.21 and 3.13.x before 2.13.11, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote authenticated users to gain access to restricted attributes via unspecified vectors.
CVE-2013-4189MEDIUM6.5Mar 11, 2014Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in (1) dataitems.py, (2) get.py, and (3) traverseName.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allow remote authenticated users with administrator access to a subtree to access nodes above the subtree via unknown vectors.

Showing the 20 most severe of 77 known CVEs.

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