What is CVE-2020-27225?

CVE-2020-27225 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Platform, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-27225?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Eclipse Platform

CVE-2020-27225

In versions 4.18 and earlier of the Eclipse Platform, the Help Subsystem does not authenticate active help requests to the local help web server, allowing an unauthenticated local attacker to issue active help commands to the associated Eclipse Platform process or Eclipse Rich Client Platform process.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2021-03-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Eclipse Platform
The Eclipse Foundation Platform — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-27225?: CVE-2020-27225 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Platform, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-27225?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.