GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-r82h-mqw3-fc56 plone.app.event vulnerable to denial of service via iCalendar import

CRITICAL Published 2026-08-28 Modified 2026-08-28 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-55247
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
plone.app.event
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2026-08-28

Affected packages

• PyPI plone.app.event: < 5.2.4 → fixed in 5.2.4 • PyPI plone.app.event: >= 6.0.0a1, < 6.0.1 → fixed in 6.0.1

Description

Impact By abusing the iCalendar import functionality, a logged-in editor could take the whole site offline, make the server reach into the internal network and read calendar files off disk (SSRF), and store XSS. Patches The problem has been patched in `plone.app.event`. • For Plone 6.2: upgrade to `plone.app.event` 6.0.1 • For Plone 6.1: upgrade to `plone.app.event` 5.2.4 • For Plone 6.0: upgrade to `plone.app.event` 5.2.4 Workarounds In the site root, go to the Security tab of the Zope Management Interface (`manage_access`), look for the "plone.app.event: Import Ical" permission, and grant this only to the Manager role. Then only users with the Manager role can use the ical import form. There is no workaround for the stored XSS in the URL field of events. The vulnerabilities were discovered by Timothy Dudley and responsibly reported to the Plone Security Team. Thank you!

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-55247 plone.app.event provides the event content type for Plone. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References