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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…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.3%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIPloneGHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h (opens in a new tab)
- PyPIplone.app.contenttypesGHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200124 Re: Plone security hotfix 20200121 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w6g9-xccc-347h (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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