Vulnerability in Plone
CVE-2020-7941
A 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.000
Affected products
References
- plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7941?
- CVE-2020-7941 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Plone. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-23.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7941?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.