CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-7941
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-01-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Affected configurations
• plone plone (>= 4.3.0 <= 5.2.1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 Third Party Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 Vendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/24/1 Third Party Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121 Vendor Advisory
- https://plone.org/security/hotfix/20200121/privilege-escalation-for-overwriting-content Vendor Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/22/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory